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Sierra Leone launched a strengthened national effort to end preventable deaths among mothers, newborns and children with a special town hall meeting organised as part of the 300 Days of Activism for Triple Zero. On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, government officials, health workers, development partners, civil society, and community leaders met at the Miatta Civic Centre in Freetown to review progress, identify persistent gaps, and reach practical agreements on next steps.Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah hosted the program, while guest speaker Dr Jalikatu Mustapha, Deputy Minister 2 of Health, attended. The town hall intentionally shifted the conversation…

The Ministry of Information and Civic Education and the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) organised a high-level National Conference on Sustainable Funding for the Public Broadcaster on Thursday, October 8, 2026, to secure predictable funding and modernise the national broadcasting system. The meeting, themed “Ring-Fencing Funding for the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation”, brought together government officials, development partners, media stakeholders, and civil society members to discuss ways to strengthen the SLBC’s public service role.Delivering the keynote address on behalf of Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh was Chernor Bah, Minister of Information and Civic Education. SLBC must be a credible…

President Julius Maada Bio and billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote at the  Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos President Julius Maada Bio visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos on Wednesday, touring the sprawling Lekki Free Zone complex with billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote as part of a drive to mobilise private-sector investment ahead of the West Africa Integration and Investment Summit (WAIIS). The summit will be held in Freetown at the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre (JMBICC) in Lungi, November 17-18, 2026. WAIIS, convened under the mandate of ECOWAS by President Bio to mark the organisation’s 50th anniversary, will be anchored on the theme “powering regional integration through…

By Salamatu Conteh Hon. Chernor Bah, Minister of Information and Civic Education, on 5th October 2026, officially welcomed a delegation from Malawi to Sierra Leone for a 10-day knowledge-sharing program on civic education, institutional coordination, peacebuilding, local governance, and citizen engagement. Minister Bah received the delegation at the Youyi Building office and described the visit as an important opportunity to learn from each other and work together. Minister Bah said the program should provide practical exposure to how Sierra Leone handles civic education and public participation, and allow visiting delegates to share Malawi’s own experiences and approaches. He said the…

Sierra Leonean fintech company Flot has launched a countrywide promotional campaign to encourage more customers to link their mobile wallets to bank accounts. The campaign will select 40 cash winners each Friday, with a grand prize trip for two to Dubai at the end of the campaign. The initiative, “Link & Win”, will run for 13 weeks from 1st October to 31st December 2026 and is being implemented in partnership with Zenith Bank Sierra Leone and Sky Bank Sierra Leone. Ecobank Sierra Leone will be joining the program in the coming weeks. Customers will automatically qualify for weekly prize draws…

The Rt. Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas, Speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone, left Conakry for Freetown at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 7th October, after attending the State Opening of Guinea’s 10th Legislature of the 5th Republic. The Speaker, who headed a high-level delegation from the Sierra Leone Parliament, received a ceremonial and warm send-off for his participation in the historic event. Before leaving, Speaker Thomas received a full Guard of Honour and a standing ovation from Guinean authorities at the National Assembly of Guinea. The Guinean Republican Guard formally bade him farewell, recognising his status as the head of a…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 6 October 2026 –Sierra Leone has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing safe, just and sustainable paths for its citizens seeking employment abroad as Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security Hon. Umaru Napoleon Koroma Esq. participated in the Second Doha Dialogue on Labour Mobility in Dar es Salaam. Minister Koroma placed the protection of migrant workers at the centre of Sierra Leone’s labour mobility agenda when she spoke at a high-level Ministerial Roundtable on “Governing Labour Mobility for Shared Prosperity”. “The rights of the worker must follow the worker”, she emphasised, calling for more cooperation between…

Tower Hill–Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has taken an important step toward undertaking a fully digital 2026 Population and Housing Census with the official distribution of 25,000 branded tablets, power banks and protective cases. The new consignment, which was officially received on 7 October 2026, will support the national enumeration envisaged for December 2026.The 25,000 devices add to an earlier batch of 4,000 tablets Stats SL received in 2025 for the cartographic mapping exercise, significantly boosting the agency’s technical capacity as preparations for the main census operation gather momentum. The Government of Sierra Leone fully funded the procurement, underscoring its…

State House, Freetown, Monday 5 October 2026 — President Dr Julius Maada Bio today received Alhaji Amadu Juldeh Sowe, the newly elected President of Tabital Pulaaku International, and senior representatives of the global Fulah organisation. At State House, the courtesy call brought together delegations from around the world to formally introduce Sierra Leone’s newly elected Fulah leader to the President and the country.The new leader of the highest office within Tabital Pulaaku International, Sierra Leonean Alhaji Amadu Juldeh Sowe, was accompanied by senior members of the organisation, including Alhaji Sidie Dem and Dr Abubakar Gerei. “Horeejo was crowned for the…

The Rt. Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Rt. Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas, on Monday, 5th October 2026, called for a deeper parliamentary partnership between Sierra Leone and the Republic of Guinea. The Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Parliament used the historic State Opening of Guinea’s 10th Legislature of the 5th Republic as a platform to press for closer legislative ties.Speaker Thomas represented His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Dr Julius Maada Bio, the people, and Parliament of Sierra Leone at the ceremony in Conakry. He made goodwill remarks to an audience that included the President and Prime Minister of Guinea,…