Africa Sierra Leone The violent storm that hit Freetown felled the Cotton tree, the huge century-old tree that has always been a landmark at the centre of the country's capital
Africa Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Electoral Commission has started voter awareness on proportional representation after the voting system changed a few months ago
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone's Electoral Commission has cleared opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara to run for the June ballot, after he has been on trial since February for alleged corruption
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Association of the Journalists and Independent Radio Network launched a fact-checking platform to counter misinformation before, during and after the June general elections
Africa Sierra Leone The mayor has hired international cable car expert Markus Hagspiel as consultant, one of the moves to transform Freetown into a more inclusive, easily accessible and visibly attractive city for investors, tourists and residents
Africa Sierra Leone MPs from Sierra Leone's main opposition party - the All People's Congress - have rejected a new welfare bill that could result in a massive increase in benefits for outgoing MPs
Africa Sierra Leone Excessive use of force by Sierra Leonean security was found to have been used to suppress protests that turned violent in Freetown, Makeni and Kamakwie in August 2022 with more than 20 people killed
Africa Sierra Leone Presidential candidate 2023 of the main opposition All People's Congress party - Samura Kamara - has nominated MP Chernor Ramadan Maju-Bah as his running mate for the upcoming elections, to be held on 24 June 2023
Africa Sierra Leone 'There is no more space to build houses' is the alarm raised by coastal Freetown residents, forced to build houses on land "reclaimed" from the sea in a process known as banking
Africa Sierra Leone Africell, a Sierra Leone-based mobile phone company, has donated beach cleaning equipment worth thousands of dollars to two top clean-up organisations at its Lumley Beach Road branch
Africa Sierra Leone A pilot project for the verification and monitoring of reforestation programmes involves the use of drone-based remote sensing and data management technologies
Africa Sierra Leone The Freetown City Council presented the city's Climate Action Plan to the World Bank's Climate Action Mission, launched in the country three weeks ago
Africa Sierra Leone The just approved Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act states that 30% of government and private sector jobs in the country will be reserved for women