Category: Features

Freetown, 20th October 2025- In June 2024, workers at Koidu Holdings raised serious concerns about long-standing injustices ranging from poor salary exchange rates, excessive working hours, lack of proper toilet facilities, to unsafe drinking water. Despite multiple interventions by the Koidu United Mines Workers Union and the Sierra Leonean government to resolve the issues peacefully, no improvement was made. Instead, nearly 1,000 Sierra Leonean workers, many with over a decade or two of service were laid off without prior notice.

Kono District, Sierra Leone, 20th October 2025- Every morning in Kumao Village, Nimikor Chiefdom, men, women, and even children take the long walk to the mining pits. Some carry shovels others, pickaxes, and some go with nothing but empty pans and hope. For many, artisanal mining is the only way to put food on the table, but it comes at a deadly cost.

Freetown, 16th October 2025- The media landscape has long played a pivotal role in speaking truth to power and mirroring the realities of society, shaping the socio-economic and political fabric of Sierra Leone in the process. Yet, the sector continues to wrestle with compliance challenges, particularly within the broader economic framework it seeks to reform. The journalists at the heart of this transformation remain under-resourced, even as the media space records notable strides.

Freetown, September 29th 2025- Let’s talk about oral sex. Yes, that thing couples do with their mouths, that’s often whispered about but rarely discussed with clarity. Whether you call it “giving head,” “blowjob,” or “cunnilingus,” it’s not just a bedroom buzzword; it’s a medically recognized sexual activity, and it’s more common than you think.

Freetown, 22nd  September, 2025 – “Every day I hawked within the eastern part of Freetown, searching for a place to rent for five whole months, but I couldn’t get any!” said Amidu, his voice heavy with frustration.