President Dr Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio on Saturday concluded a day-long field tour of three major agricultural investments in Moyamba District, using symbolic harvests to showcase how private enterprise, women-led agribusiness and the military are driving his flagship Feed Salone initiative. The tour, which comes just days before World Food Day and the 3rd Anniversary…
Sierra Leonean champions Star Sport Academy suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Moroccan side RS Berkane in the first leg of the CAF Champions League second preliminary round on Saturday, 17th October 2026. Played at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium in Monrovia, Liberia, because Sierra Leone currently has no CAF-approved stadium to host Champions League games, the match was…
Sierra Leone’s U-15 national team will depart Freetown on Monday, 19th October for Baku, Azerbaijan, to represent the country at the maiden FIFA U-15 World Cup Festival, the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has announced. The team, led by Spanish Technical Director José Miguel Salomon and Assistant Coach Sarah Bangura, concluded preparations on Friday, 16th October after weeks of…
The Government of Sierra Leone has signed contracts for the construction of four major climate-resilient bridges under the US$74 million World Bank-funded Sierra Leone Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure Project (SL-CAMIP). The contracts were signed on Friday, 16th October 2026, at the Ministry of Transport and Aviation’s conference room at Youyi Building, by the Minister of Transport and Aviation,…
Spear News Sierra Leone | Cameroon Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has appointed magistrate Rémy Nama as President of the country’s Constitutional Council, following the death of the institution’s first president, Clément Atangana. The appointment was formalised through Presidential Decree No. 2026/334, signed in Yaoundé on Friday, 16 October 2026. The decree states that Nama’s appointment takes effect from the…
A heated debate has emerged on social media following investigative reporting by British newspaper The Guardian on alleged links between international cocaine trafficking networks and influential figures in Sierra Leone, with media personality Vickie Remoe and several commentators offering sharply contrasting interpretations of the controversy. Remoe, in a series of posts on X, described the newspaper’s investigation as “blackmail”,…
