Africa Sierra Leone Serenimind, an African mental health and wellness startup, has begun its monthly Africa-wide youth wellbeing campaign series, with a focus on child emotional wellbeing in Sierra Leone; it's titled “The Child Behind the Smile: Every Behaviour Has a Story”
Africa Sierra Leone In the occasion of the C-40 meeting in London, which she chaired, Mayor of Freetown met with organization Breathe Cities to explore investment initiatives that will improve air quality, public health, and quality of life for Freetonians
Africa Sierra Leone In her fight against kush mayor of Freetown invited citizens to register with an approved waste service provider via 8244 or the city's website, as paying kush victims to get rid of garbage generates more addiction, uncorrect disposal more pollution
Africa Sierra Leone In open letter to President Bio, the opposition leader stressed that Spanish Interior Minister linked “Mocro Mafia” to the MV Arconian investigation and said presence of fugitive Bolle Jos in Sierra Leone indicates organized transnational criminal links
Africa Sierra Leone A ship departed from Freetown was intercepted and diverted to Canary Islands, in a crackdown on international drug trafficking; Spanish police found aboard 35-40 tonnes of cocaine in what has been called “record-breaking cocaine seizure in the Atlantic”
Africa Sierra Leone The case of Zainab Sheriff, a young female activist sentenced to four years and two months on counts of 'incitement and use of threatening language', contrary to national law, has stirred debate as she reportedly only expressed views about electoral fraud
Africa Sierra Leone A growing number of corpses are being found in public spaces; Freetown started burials for sanitary and humanitarian reasons and asked government to investigate on the use of drugs as cause of death, but the matter was solved issuing 'removing' policies
Africa Sierra Leone A nationwide ban on artisanal fishing, small-scale fishermen, and industrial trawlers was imposed for the month of February to allow stocks to rebuild; the 2026 "closed season" is now over and all activities have resumed
Africa Sierra Leone The All People's Congress APC boycotted parliamentary and local council activities following President Bio's appointment of a new Chief Electoral Commissioner
Africa Sierra Leone The Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr announced her intention to run for the All People's Congress Party's flagbearer position for the 2028 elections, following her successful re-election for a second term in 2023 with her #FreetownTheTreeTown campaign
Africa Sierra Leone Citizens expressed dismay following the release of 2024 Auditor General Report, which shows that one of the key institutions they anticipated could be implicated in the embezzlement of public funds, the Office of the President, was not in the document
Africa Sierra Leone 17.905 deaths were recorded in 2025, 306.0057 live births - female 51% males 49% - and 3.739 stillbirths: experts say the figure highlights persistent challenges in prenatal care, access to skilled birth attendants, and emergency obstetric service
Africa Sierra Leone The Dream Model United Nations Conference 2025 was hosted in Freetown, bringing together forward-thinking youth, actively engaged in diplomacy, leadership, global problem-solving and underlining the city's pioneer role for youths in Africa