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The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, signed a joint venture agreement with Zhejiang Xiehai Group of Companies to revamp the long-dormant Sierra Leone National Shipping Agency. The signing of the memorandum of understanding was held in the Ministry’s conference room at the Youyi Building in Brookfields, Freetown, in the presence of senior government officials, SLNSA leadership and company representatives.Officials described the deal as a historic, game-changing deal for the country’s maritime sector. Importantly, the deal does not impose any direct financial burden on the government or the people of…

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Africa Global Logistics (AGL) Sierra Leone used the Africa Anti-Corruption Day to reaffirm its commitment to ethical business practices and beef up its supply chain standards through a day-long programme that brought together regulators, suppliers and sector stakeholders to boost transparency and accountability.The event was held at the New Brookfields Hotel in New England on Friday, July 17, 2026 and was graced by the presence of senior AGL management, representatives from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), shipping agents, clearing and forwarding firms, transport operators and other industry players. Entitled “Scaling Up the Promotion of Integrity and Anti-Corruption…

Sierra Leone has formally become a signatory to a landmark regional energy project following the signing of the Intergovernmental Agreement for the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline Project at the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, in Lungi, under the chairmanship of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio.The agreement “advances one of Africa’s most ambitious energy infrastructure projects,” said the organisers. The African Atlantic Gas Pipeline will run 6,900 kilometres along the Atlantic coast in offshore and onshore sections. The pipeline, which is designed to link Nigeria’s gas fields with Morocco, will run…

President Julius Maada Bio formally ended his one-year tenure as President of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government during a high-profile Mid-Year Summit in Lungi, Port Loko District, 18-19 July, 2026. The events saw the commissioning of two major regional assets, the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre and the ECOWAS Logistics Depot as well as the peaceful transfer of the chairmanship of ECOWAS to Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.On 18 July, President Bio inaugurated the new multi-purpose conference centre named after him and the ECOWAS Logistics Depot, calling the two projects enduring symbols of Sierra Leone’s…

Sierra Leone hosted the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, comprising eight West African presidents, two vice presidents, six VVIPs, nearly 50 ministers, and over 500 delegates. The summit took place in two cities, Lungi and Freetown, at two world-class venues, the Bintumani International Conference Centre and the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre. It was the biggest summit in Sierra Leone since the Organisation of African Unity assembly in Freetown from July 1-4, 1980. Sierra Leone’s security sector has received praise for its excellent protection of visiting dignitaries, with preparations and security planning starting…

The Sierra Leone House of Parliament has passed a resolution, commending the decision by the government to drop criminal charges against former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, and calling for several further measures aimed at national reconciliation and support for the families of security personnel and public officers who were killed or injured on November 26, 2023.The resolution, presented by the Clerk of Parliament and approved on July 16, 2026, remembers Sierra Leone’s hard-won recovery from civil war and reaffirms the country’s long-standing commitment to reconciliation, democratic governance, constitutionalism and the rule of law. The preamble of the House explicitly…

Chernor Bah, Minister of Information and Civic Education Parliament approved a $5 million Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement between the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MoICE) and Diming Yimo Printing Group to modernise the Government Printing Department. Cabinet also endorsed reforms in mining, maritime development, and digital governance. The announcements were made by Hon. Chernor Bah, Minister of Information and Civic Education, during the Government’s weekly press briefing on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, where he presented Cabinet conclusions and updates on national initiatives.On March 24, 2026, a 10-year Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) agreement was signed to modernise the Government Printing Department, which…

A 34-year-old mason, Alimammy Kamara, has been handed a five-year prison term after admitting to converting a motorcycle that had been entrusted to him for commercial purposes. Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 convicted Kamara of one count of fraudulent conversion under Section 20(1)(iv)(a) of the Larceny Act of 1916 and sentenced him to the Male Correctional Facility in Freetown.Court records indicate the incident took place on Sunday, 17 August 2025, on Kowa Drive, Motormeh in Regent Village, Mountain Rural District, Western Area. The vehicle at the centre of the case was a blue Star TVS…

Freetown, 16 July 2026 – The House of Parliament has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, after formal presentation to members of Parliament by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Alpha Sesay Esq. The ratification completes Sierra Leone’s acceptance of the instrument establishing an independent continental tribunal to interpret and apply the African Charter and other human rights instruments.Mr Sesay recalled that the Protocol was adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the then-Organisation of African Unity…

On the 16th of July, 2026, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) successfully conducted a comprehensive orientation for Independent Monitors at the UNFPA Sierra Leone Headquarters in Signal Hill, Freetown. The half-day event was organised to equip monitors with the knowledge, operational guidance and ethical standards to effectively observe and assess the exercise, in preparation for their oversight role in the upcoming 2026 Mock Population and Housing Census.The orientation was attended by senior Stats SL and UNFPA officials, development partners, members of the Independent Monitoring Team, technical experts and other key stakeholders.…