[WFP] Freetown, Sierra Leone -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a EUR 9 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to launch a transformative three-year project aimed at reducing biodiversity loss and improving the q...

[MFWA] Shar Maturi, a senior reporter with the Standard Times Newspaper, was briefly detained on August 27, 2025, at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Freetown over allegations of cyberbullying and stalking. He was released the same day...

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The African Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is accelerating efforts to mobilize resources in its fight against mpox, one year after declaring the outbreak a public health emergency of continental security.

[allAfrica] At least 29,000 women and girls globally die every year from complications from unsafe abortion. In Sierra Leone, out of the 150,000 unintended pregnancies that occur every year, 90,000 end in abortion. Out of these, 8 in 10 abortions end...

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens say governments should be required to promote regional and ethnic balance in making political appointments.

[Liberian Investigator] FREETOWN -- The Liberia Kickball Federation's (LKF) ambition to globalize kickball is making significant strides, as Sierra Leone has formally embraced the sport.