Sierra Leone: President Bio hails “historic” UN Security Council election

June 6, 2023

Sierra Leone has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) among countries representing the African ...

Supporters of the All People's Congress' Dr Samura Kamara carry his campaign poster outside the Atuga Mini Stadium in the east end of Freetown on Monday May 29, 2023. Photo credit, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters. The party has said it wouldn't participate in governance after disputing the June 24 polls.

Sierra Leone 2023 Elections: Main opposition candidate compares incumbent president to a Pharaoh

May 29, 2023

A leading opposition contender in next month’s elections in Sierra Leone has likened the incumbent President Julius Maada Bio to ...

Sierra Leone Elections 2023: EU’s Chief Observer talks to ManoReporters

May 27, 2023

The Chief Observer for the European Union Elections Observation Mission on Tuesday, May 23rd held her maiden press briefing in Freetown. ...

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Photo credit, Commonwealth

Sierra Leone 2023 Elections: Nigerian Vice President to lead Commonwealth Observation Mission

May 26, 2023

By ManoReporters Writer Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) to Sierra Leone, the ...

A slide from the training handouts. May 25, 2023. Photo credit, Brima Sannoh, ManoReporters

Sierra Leone 2023 Elections: Dubawa Trains Fact-Checkers in Kenema

by Brima Sannoh in Pujehun

May 25, 2023

The West African fact-checking organization Dubawa on Thursday commenced a two-day digital media and fact-checking training for media and communication ...

Evin Incir, Chief Observer, EU Elections Observation Mission to Sierra Leone 2023. Photo credit, ManoReporters

Sierra Leone 2023 elections: EU Observation Mission launched

May 24, 2023

The European Union’s Chief Observer for Sierra Leone’s 2023 general elections has called for a peaceful conduct of the electoral ...

FOCUS 1000 launches violence free election campaign

May 22, 2023

President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election for his second and final five-year term in elections slated for June 24. ...

A group of children with an average age of 13-years working at a construction site [Kailahun market] in the eastern Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. Photo credit, Stephen Lansana.

Sierra Leone: Child Labour Hinders Children’s Education

May 19, 2023

By Stephen V. Lansana George Kamara works in “Dama pit”, an underground gold mining site in Salowa Village, Penguia Chiefdom ...

Video Capture of WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, delivering a keynote speech at the MNHC2023 in Cape Town, South Africa, May 9, 2023. Photo credit, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Over 60 countries risk missing out on maternal, newborn and stillborn SDGs targets – WHO chief warns

May 10, 2023