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Police Arrests Suspected Drug Dealer With Suitcase Filled With Kush in Freetown
Sierraloaded
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July 9, 2025
Police in Freetown have arrested a man and seized suspected narcotics and drug production paraphernalia during a raid on Tuesday evening. Osman Kamara, of Regent Road, Lumley, was taken into custody by officers from the Adonkia Police Station....
‘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...
Infamous Events That Never Actually Happened
Grunge
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July 18, 2025
War, famine, pestilence, and death: The four horsemen of the apocalypse, or just another day in global news? With doomscrolling practically an Olympic sport, it's easy to fall into the pattern of thinking the end of the world is just around the...
SLPP 2028 Flag Bearer Must Become The Next President of Sierra Leone – Maada Bio
Sierraloaded
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June 29, 2025
President Julius Maada Bio has made a powerful call for unity within the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), urging supporters to set aside personal rivalries and focus on securing victory in the 2028 general elections. The President’s statement...
Zainab Sheriff Urges Sierra Leonean Women to Step into Leadership Roles Ahead of 2028 Elections
Sierraloaded
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June 29, 2025
Popular Sierra Leonean Musician and Celebrity, Zainab Sheriff, visited the Low-Cost Bridge Mosque in the East End of Freetown on Friday, June 27, in an unannounced event aimed at empowering women within the community. During her visit, Zainab...
Sierra Leone Police Unveil 30 Motorbikes to Tackle Road Violations
Sierraloaded
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June 24, 2025
The Sierra Leone Police have unveiled 30 new motorbikes to support traffic patrols and reduce road offences. The handover took place during a ceremony at the Senior Police Officers’ Mess at Kingtom Police Barracks. The Minister of Internal...
YACAP and YLA Sign MoU to Host 8th National Youth Leadership Summit in Freetown
Sierraloaded
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July 8, 2025
The Youth and Children Advocacy Panel (YACAP) and the Youth Leadership Advocacy (YLA) have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly organize and implement the 8th National Youth Leadership Summit, scheduled for November...
Sierra Leone’s Bio Takes Helm of ECOWAS as Region Battles Chaos
Africa.com
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been named the new chairman of ECOWAS, assuming leadership at a time of unprecedented turmoil across West Africa. As the region grapples with jihadist violence, political instability, and economic...
Sierra Leone Police Initiates Modernize Garment Factory
Sierraloaded
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June 24, 2025
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP), with support from UNDP, has initiated a programme to upgrade its garment factory at Kingtom Police Barracks and other key facilities as part of a broader modernization agenda. A joint team of senior police officers...
Sierra Leone’s President elected ECOWAS Chairman
Joy FM
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. His election took place during the 67th Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS, held...
Sierra Leone Government Set to Ban Lead Paint Over Health Hazards
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), in collaboration with the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP), recently hosted a Stakeholder Workshop and Press Conference at the Family Kingdom to announce new regulations aimed at...
DSTI Set to Empower 1,000 Police Officers with Digital Skills Training in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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June 28, 2025
The Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) has announced plans to roll out digital skills training programs for 1,000 police officers, as an effort to modernising law enforcement in Sierra Leone. The initiative follows a recent...
Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over ECOWAS Chairmanship, sparking questions
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja. The first...
Sierra Leone Government to Include Yenga in 2026 Census Test
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has confirmed that Yenga will be included in the ongoing small-scale test to record the location of buildings and households ahead of the 2026 Population and Housing Census. This was announced during a...
Sierra Leone Police Concludes Preparation for Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
The Sierra Leone Police has successfully concluded training and preparation of the sixth contingent of Formed Police Unit, known as SLFPU-6, for deployment on a peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Having gone through three months of vigorous weapon...
Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio takes over as ECOWAS Chair amid rising regional tensions
Modern Ghana
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Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, has been chosen to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as its new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government. The announcement was made during the 67th Ordinary...
Sierra Leone’s Bio takes over as ECOWAS chair
Africanews
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio was chosen on Sunday to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS. The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, was founded in 1975, and is facing challenges due to...
Sierra Leone’s Bio is new ECOWAS Chair amid regional challenges
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was made at the 67th Ordinary Summit of the...
Sierra Leone: Bio Resumes as New ECOWAS Chairman
The News (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
President Bio delivering his acceptance speech *First Time Chairmanship Position for Sierra Leone as a Founding Member *His acceptance *Huge Tasks Ahead Abubakar Hashim President Julius Maada Bio has officially resumed ECOWAS Chairman today, for...
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...