Pharmacy Board and Sierra Leone Police Sign Landmark MoU to Tackle Drug Peddling and Medicine-Related Crimes

The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL) and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding to combat drug peddling and medicine-related violations nationwide. The landmark agreement was formalized on...

WHO Donates Infection Prevention and Control Materials to Sierra Leone’s Health Authorities

The World Health Organization (WHO) handed over a new batch of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) materials to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA). The handover ceremony took place at the...

China launches on-site first aid training initiative in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The first Sierra Leone-China On-Site First Aid Training Center was officially launched on Wednesday at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in Freetown, the capital of the West African country. The training...

Op-Ed: Sierra Leone’s Problem Is Leadership, Not Mindset

When President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah came with his post-war reconstruction agenda, people believed peace had finally returned and development would follow. When President Ernest Bai Koroma introduced his “Agenda for Change” and later “Agenda for...

Minister Demby Highlights Major Gains in Sierra Leone’s Health Sector

The Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, has highlighted significant achievements in Sierra Leone’s health sector, emphasizing a shift from disease-focused interventions to a patient-centered, life-stage approach aimed at ensuring universal...

Field Marshal Lord Guthrie, known as 'Tony's General' for his closeness to Blair, dies aged 86

By BY MARK NICOL DEFENCE EDITOR Published: 12:45 EDT, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 12:45 EDT, 18 September 2025 The former head of the UK’s armed forces dubbed ‘Tony’s General’ for his closeness to the then Prime Minister has died aged 86. Field...

FCC Launches Massive Community Outreach to Enforce New Sanitation Laws in Freetown

Freetown’s fight for a cleaner city just got stronger! The Freetown City Council (FCC) has mobilized over 700 community engagement workers to roll out the city’s new sanitation bye-laws — a bold move to boost waste management and public health....

Sierra Leone to Participate in Africa Climate Summit on Clean Cooking in Addis Ababa

Sierra Leone will participate in the Africa Climate Summit 2 in Addis Ababa on September 9, with Kandeh Yumkella, Chair of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Food Security (PI-CREF), representing the country....

CG Darboe addresses high-level WATAF meeting

This year marks the 7th West African Tax Administration Forum – a high-level policy dialogue hosted in Sierra Leone, under the theme: ‘Financing Development through Effective Tax Systems.’ CG Darboe expressed great honour and a profound sense of...

Corruption undermines Zimbabwe’s maternal health services

According to an undercover investigation at Chitungwiza Central Hospital, midwives demand between US$10 and US$25 for basic pregnancy registration from pregnant women. By 7am, a group of pregnant women have already begun gathering at the antenatal...

Sierra Leone’s Education Ministry Bids Farewell to 33 Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Awardees

The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) officially bade farewell to 33 Sierra Leonean students awarded the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship to pursue undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies in Hungary. The ceremony, held at...

Sierra Leone’s cardiologist Dr. Joe Amara Koroma returns home to help build the country’s healthcare

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2025: Sierra Leone’s development is seriously being hampered by the lack of human resources as much as the absence of meaningful financial investment capital. Hence, when professionally qualified and experienced...

U.S. Embassy Donates 67,200 Mpox Vaccine Doses to Sierra Leone

The U.S. Embassy in Freetown has delivered 67,200 doses of the Mpox vaccine to Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health, marking a significant step in the country’s ongoing fight against the disease. The vaccines were secured through GAVI, the Vaccine...

Highligts and goals of Sierra Leone 2-0 Ethiopia in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers

END OF BROADCAST Thank you for joining us for the coverage of the Sierra Leone vs Ethiopia match, corresponding to Matchday 8 of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Stay tuned to all the latest sports news on Vavel.com. See you next...

United States and Sierra Leone Sign Historic Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement

In a significant move towards strengthening bilateral military cooperation, the United States and Sierra Leone officially signed the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) during a formal ceremony at the Myohaung Officers Mess,...

Sierra Leone’s kush crisis, conscience on pause

Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 September 2025: Sierra Leone is faced with a silent epidemic that is destroying lives and threatening the very foundation of our future: our young people. This epidemic is the Kush crisis, a cheap drug...

NP Sierra Leone Limited Unveils Solar-Powered Borehole, Renovates Government Independent Memorial School

In a notable effort to bolster community infrastructure, NP Sierra Leone Limited formally unveiled a new solar-powered borehole and completed extensive renovations at the Government Independent Memorial Secondary School on Friday, September 5th,...

West African Health Ministers Unite to Push for Lassa Fever Vaccine

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire—Health ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have pledged their support to advance the development and promotion of a Lassa fever vaccine. This commitment was made during the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa...

From Bijilo To Freetown

The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) has emerged as a driving force in shaping the region’s fiscal future. Since 2011, it has brought tax leaders and partners together through annual High-Level Policy Dialogues and General Assemblies...

Are political campaigns in Sierra Leone becoming show business or war without bloodshed?

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2025: Why many people see journalism as the barometer of society and thermometer of public opinion is anybody’s guess. Even though some see elections as advance auction sale of stolen goods,...