Football fans across Sierra Leone have continued to demand transparency and accountability from the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) as the process to appoint a new Leone Stars head coach gathers momentum. The calls intensified after the SLFA disclosed that it had received 79 applications for the vacant position by May 2, 2026. Out of the total applications, 76…
Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Bio, has officially launched the Women’s Development Organization in Waterloo, Western Rural District, as part of efforts aimed at promoting women’s empowerment and community development. The launch event, held on Saturday, May 17, 2026, followed an invitation by the Waterloo Market Women and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Western Rural District leadership. Addressing…
The driver of a train that collided with a bus in Thailand’s capital, killing eight people, has tested positive for drugs and was charged with reckless driving, police said on Monday. The freight train crashed into the public bus on Saturday afternoon at a busy junction in Bangkok, with the vehicle bursting into flames and 30 people left injured,…
A drone strike triggered a fire near a nuclear power station in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on Sunday, authorities said, reporting no injuries or impact on radiation levels. The UAE’s ministry of defence said the drone that targeted the facility was one of three that “entered the country from the western border direction”. The projectile struck “an electrical…
The prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in India have increased for the second time within a week. Following the latest revision, CNG will now cost Rs 80.09 per kg in Delhi, while consumers in Noida and Ghaziabad will pay Rs 88.70 per kg. The latest increase comes just two days after CNG prices were raised by Rs 2…
A major investigation by Agence France-Presse has uncovered how powerful opioid drugs manufactured by several Indian pharmaceutical companies are worsening the growing drug crisis across West Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone, where the dangerous synthetic drug known as kush continues to devastate communities. The report revealed that millions of high-strength tapentadol tablets are being exported from India into West…
