The Daily IIJ

Police have arrested a container stuffed with cocaine at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown, the capital of the West African nation of Sierra Leone known for blood diamonds.

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  Fatmata Jalloh sat on the hospital bed holding her new born in the arms on Tuesday morning last week. Her husband wasn’t in the hospital yet to exchange smiles for bringing home a male child as the first born in their family.

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It was exactly 03:08am (GMT) that my mobile phone beeped and I knew that I had received a text message. The message reads:  Congratulations to all Sierra Leoneans on our country’s fiftieth Independence Anniversary. May the patriotism, unity and dedication we have shown during this great moment always abide with us as we move fifty [...]

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As the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) is rushing with executive elections across the country in line with the Supreme Court decision and the party’s constitution, Mr. Tejan Kabbah former President of the Republic of Sierra Leone has vehemently refuted Julius Maada Bio’s campaign assertion that the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) junta regime [...]

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It’s often the case that former Heads of State and Presidents in Africa live in Mansions, drive big cars and fly all over the world sometimes in their private jets. Heads of State like Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida of Nigeria, Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone have been itching inside after acquiring so much wealth in [...]

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When President Koroma was pronounced the winner of the 2007 elections with close to a million votes, logically, one would conclude that those votes were over and above the registered votes from his extended family members, tribe and region (assuming that they all voted for him). They were not just the votes of the All [...]

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“After the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) war, the very big news that happened to Sierra Leone is the coming of African Minerals. I cannot over emphasize the importance of African Minerals to this country today,” said the Mines and Mineral Resources Minister Hon. Alhaji Alpha Kanu whiles addressing delegates of Shandong Iron and Steel in [...]

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As Africa is celebrating or commemorating the Day of the African Child, little Desmond of Savage Street, in Wellington east of Freetown is battling with a syringe full of acid injected into his body. “Whether he will survive it remains another miracle,” the doctor told the parents of 3 year old Desmond. There have been [...]

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The Minister of Defence yesterday ordered the detention of six doctors working at the 34 Military Hospital for officially writing that if their salary is not reviewed as that of their colleagues in the civil service, they will quit the force at the end of the month. According to reliable information these doctors were mistreated [...]

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  Bunce Island few kilometers away from Freetown used to hold one of the  most powerful slave castles along the West African coast. Today, Bunce Island is “the place where history sleeps.” The clay built castle is in ruins despite attempts by the Sierra Leone Gullah Kinship Association to keep what remains of it intact. [...]

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