Author: Truth Media

With the rainy season fast approaching, the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency (SLMET) has launched the 2026 National Seasonal Forecast, providing detailed agro‑climatic insights to guide farmers, communities, and policymakers. The forecast outlines expected climate conditions, including rainfall onset and cessation, dry spells, flash floods, strong winds, thunderstorms, and lightning hazards across the country.

Sierra Leone’s Attorney‑General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Alpha Sesay Esq., has arrived in Switzerland to lead the country’s delegation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council.

Sierra Leone has taken center stage at the Kimberley Process Intercessional Meetings 2026, with the country leading Africa’s diamond producers in crucial discussions on the future of the global diamond industry.

The High Court of Sierra Leone has dismissed a civil action brought by Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden against senior officials of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU‑EOM), ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Freetown, 11th May, 2026 – Sierra Leone’s Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Abdul Kargbo, has sounded the alarm over what he describes as the country’s deepening entanglement in international narcotics trafficking networks, warning that the nation risks being branded a “narco‑state” if urgent action is not taken.