This Day Salone

01/14/2026

Looking ahead, Gerjawi emphasized that customer-centric decision-making remains Africell’s top priority for 2026. He explained that all management actions and strategic choices will be evaluated based on their short- and long-term benefits to customers. The company aims to balance service quality, value, and pricing while sustaining competitiveness in Sierra Leone’s telecommunications sector.
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01/14/2026

The Benguema incident is particularly disturbing given the role of the Armed Forces Training Centre as the cornerstone of military professionalism and discipline. The killing of a senior officer within such a facility raises fundamental questions about command oversight and early warning mechanisms.

The fatal shooting at the Armed Forces Training Centre AFTC in Benguema-Waterloo on Wednesday, 14 January 2026, has intensified scrutiny of Sierra Leone’s security services, as evidence suggests the killing is not an isolated act but part of a troubling pattern of internal violence involving armed...

01/10/2026

Mr Kpakima has petitioned the High Court challenging his suspension from his position as Chief Operating Officer of the group of companies and is seeking reliefs aimed at preserving his interests pending the determination of the substantive matter. He alleges a series of unlawful and prejudicial actions by his business partner, which he claims are adversely affecting the commercial viability of the companies.

The High Court of Sierra Leone has granted interim injunctive relief in a commercial dispute involving local technology entrepreneur David Kpakima and his foreign business partner Davar Fazaeli. The interim orders were granted last Friday by Honourable Mrs Justice Tonia Barnett, a Justice of the Cou...

01/09/2026

12/19/2025

According to the 2024 audit report, eight individuals listed on the Ministry’s payroll did not make themselves available for physical verification during the period under review. The report states that a total of NLe368,595.84 was paid to these individuals in salaries.

An audit of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education has raised concerns over salary payments to staff who failed to present themselves for physical verification, with auditors describing the matter as unresolved despite management explanations. According to the 2024 audit report, eight indiv...

12/18/2025

Recent drug-related scandals within Sierra Leone further complicate this picture. Domestically, these revelations have sparked necessary debate about governance, accountability, and institutional weakness. Internationally, however, they function as additional data points within already cautious risk assessments. This is where narrative discipline becomes strategically important.

On 16 December 2025, the Government of the United States issued a proclamation placing Sierra Leone under full entry and travel restrictions, elevating the country from its previous status under partial visa controls. The new measures are scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2026 and apply broadly....

12/08/2025

The initiative aligns closely with the Africell Impact Foundation, which supports projects in sports, health, education and community wellbeing. Through basketball, Africell aims to instil values such as teamwork, discipline and healthy living among Sierra Leone’s growing youth population.

Africell Sierra Leone has launched a major new partnership with NBA Africa, marking the first time the global basketball brand will roll out youth development programmes in the country. The initiative, unveiled on Sunday, 7 December 2025, forms part of a wider Africell Group–NBA Africa collaborati...

12/06/2025

President Bio announced that Cabinet has approved Sierra Leone’s first National Information and Media Policy, a framework that sets rules for digital governance, responsible artificial intelligence use, and modernization of the country’s wider information infrastructure.

President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has unveiled a major increase in government funding for the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), lifting the annual subvention to NLe 2.7 million. The President framed the move as a renewed push to secure a resilient and independent media landscape in Sierra...

12/06/2025

Public memory has also faded regarding one of the most consequential diplomatic scandals in Sierra Leone’s recent history: the quiet withdrawal of a U.S. Ambassador from Freetown after serious allegations of misconduct and corruption involving both the Ambassador and senior members of the Bio administration. Reports suggest that the United States retains extensive documentary, audio, and video evidence implicating both sides.

Alusine A. Sesay Public debate in Sierra Leone, from street conversations to high-level government discussions, has intensified following the United States’ decision to classify the country among its “nations of concern” under the Trump-era visa restrictions policy. A quick look at the list ra...

12/03/2025

The former Attorney-General also questioned the legality of introducing such sweeping measures through Practice Directions rather than through Parliament. He noted that creating or amending substantive law is a constitutional function of the legislative branch, not the judiciary, and that any attempt to do so through administrative directives risks upsetting the balance of powers. In his view, only reasoned judicial decisions-not directives-can legitimately shape the law from the bench.

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) has sharply condemned new judicial directives on drug offences, warning that they undermine constitutional protections, erode the presumption of innocence, and exceed the powers of the judiciary. Kamara, one of Sierra Leo...

11/24/2025

During the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis, young people risked their lives burying the dead and tracing contacts, not because a ministry told them to be patriotic, but because they saw doctors, nurses, chiefs, and even the President on the front line with them. I even joined a door-to-door campaign teaching handwashing to kids in my community without asking anyone for anything.⁣

By Joel Abdulai Kallon ⁣Sierra Leone’s renewed civic education push is, on paper, one of the most ambitious in West Africa. In 2025 the National Council for Civic Education and Democracy (NaCCED) was fully integrated into the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE), giving the govern...

11/05/2025

And in the Americas, hurricanes like Katrina (2005), Harvey (2017), and now Melissa remind even the wealthiest nations that nature does not bow to money. Hurricane Katrina alone caused damages estimated at 125 billion dollars – more than ten times Sierra Leone’s national budget.

I was reading the New York Times on October 29 when I froze. The story described Hurricane Melissa – how it ripped through Jamaica and Cuba with winds of nearly 300 kilometres per hour, tossing boats ashore like toys and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee. Cuba’s president, with a heavy voice...