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Sierra Leone Government Signs New One Year Contract With Karpowership
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
The Sierra Leonean government, through its Ministries of Finance and Energy and the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), yesterday signed a one-year extension to its power supply contract with Karpowership. The agreement ensures...
Sierra Leone Stakes Next Oil Frontier Claim
Oil Price
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June 30, 2025
African countries have recently started making more and more headlines with their plans to develop local oil and gas reserves despite strong opposition from foreign environmentalist organisations and international lenders. The latest to join the...
Leecon Poultry Company opens new hatchery to boost Sierra Leone’s local meat production
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 30, 2025
SIERRA LEONE – A newly opened hatchery by Leecon Poultry Company is set to shift Sierra Leone’s poultry meat production away from imported chicks toward locally bred stock. The facility, established in partnership with the African Poultry...
Ferry Stuck at Sea Prompts Urgent Calls for Lungi Bridge Construction
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
A ferry traveling from Freetown to Lungi got stuck in the middle of the sea on Saturday, 28th June 2025, after running into exposed seabed where water had pulled back during low tide. The ferry had reportedly left the Kissy Terminal when it...
Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner in Ghana Presents Letters of Credence in Burkina Faso
Sierraloaded
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June 29, 2025
His Excellency Mohamed Hassan Kaisamba, Sierra Leone’s non-resident Ambassador to Burkina Faso and high commissioner resident in Accra, Ghana, has on Thursday, 26th June 2025, formally presented his Letters of Credence to Captain Ibrahim Traore,...
Sierra Leone’s government is ready to host Russian fishing fleet
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) The government of Sierra Leone is set to grant Russian fishing operators an annual quota of 40,000 tons, accompanied by investment incentives aimed at enhancing bilateral collaboration in the fisheries sector, according to an announcement...
‘Smoking to survive’: How Sierra Leone’s youth got hooked on kush
Modern Ghana
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A cheap synthetic drug known as kush is ravaging West Africa and its epicentre is Sierra Leone. The government has declared kush a public health emergency, but poverty and trauma are slowing efforts by communities to help unhook young people from...
Sierra Leone Now Grows 72% of the Rice It Consumes – Government
Sierraloaded
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June 28, 2025
Sierra Leone is now producing about 72 percent of the rice it consumes, according to updates from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The increase in local rice production is linked to steady efforts over the past six years in areas...
Sierra Leone’s Timber Industry Miro Receives $24 Million Support from United States Government
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
Ambassador David Bryan Hunt recently visited Miro Forestry, a company dedicated to environmentally-friendly timber production, highlighting the positive impact of U.S. investment in the region. The U.S. Government, through the U.S. International...
Admire Bio’s Husband Dauda Jalloh Threatens to Sue Sierra Leone Police Over Drug Link Accusations
Sierraloaded
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June 28, 2025
Alhaji Dauda Jalloh, a well-known Sierra Leonean businessman and husband of Admire Bio, has denied any connection to Santigie Bangura, the man arrested on June 22, 2025, at Fallah Checkpoint along the Bo-Tiama highway with a large quantity of kush...
NP and Texaco Filling Stations Reduce Fuel Pump Prices for Petrol and Diesel
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
National Petroleum (NP) Sierra Leone Limited and Texaco Gas Station have announced a significant reduction in fuel prices. Effective immediately, petrol is now priced at Le25 per liter at both stations, while diesel costs Le24 at NP and Le23 at...
Coalition set sights on taxing luxury air travel to fund climate action
Climate Home News
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July 1, 2025
Eight countries including France, Spain and Kenya are pushing for increased taxation on premium air tickets and private jet travel to fund climate action and development. The newly formed “coalition of the willing”, which also includes Barbados,...
RMU Chancellor challenge graduates to be Change-Makers in Maritime industry
Joy FM
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June 29, 2025
The Chancellor and Board Chairman of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Ambassador Alhaji Fanday Turay, has called on graduates to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during their studies to tackle pressing challenges within the maritime...
Agriculture Minister Henry Kpaka Inspects Senehun Bridge Ahead of Presidential Commissioning
Sierraloaded
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June 28, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Henry Musa Kpaka, led a high-level delegation to the Senehun Modern Bridge today to assess its progress and the ongoing rehabilitation of the 162.5 km road linking key economic hubs in that of Sierra...
Debt, dependency and dissent : Unmasking Sierra Leone economic quandary
Cocorioko
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June 28, 2025
*DEBT, DEPENDENCY AND DISSENT: UNMASKING SIERRA LEONE’S ECONOMIC BIND* By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Saturday, 28 June 2025 “For decades, wealth and income have been redistributed upward, with minimal protest by the working classes who were harmed by that...
New Chapter One Restaurant Opens in Freetown With a Wide Range of Drinks
Sierraloaded
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June 29, 2025
Sierra Leone’s newest luxury destination, Chapter One Multipurpose Center in Lumley, has unveiled its upscale drinks menu, offering a curated selection of premium spirits, champagnes, and whiskies to cater to Freetown’s elite and international...
Idris Elba gets Sierra Leone Parliament green light for “dream” eco-city island
Ghana News Agency
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June 27, 2025
By Stanley Senya Accra, June 27, GNA-Actor and philanthropist Idris Elba and Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP) have been formally granted approval by the Parliament of Sierra Leone to lead the regeneration of the beautiful Sherbro Island and...
No Compensation for Black Johnson Alleged Landowners – Sierra Leone Government
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
Abdul Fonti Kabia, the Communications Specialist at the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning, has made it clear that the government will not compensate landowners affected by the recent demolitions at Black Johnson. Speaking on a TV...
EPA Strengthens Ties With Sierra Leone Judiciary to Combat Environmental Crimes
Sierraloaded
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June 27, 2025
The Executive Chairman and senior staff of the Environment Protection Agency, Sierra Leone, paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Chief Justice, Komba Kamanda, and senior judges to strengthen the agency’s growing partnership with the judiciary....
President Bio to Open First Tile Factory in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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June 26, 2025
President Julius Maada Bio is expected to soon open the first tile manufacturing company in Sierra Leone, a major step for local industry and job creation. According to Chief Minister David Moinina Sengeh, the factory might also be the first of...