Mariyam Lorba Konneh has officially been appointed to represent Sierra Leone at the 73rd edition of the Miss World Festival, scheduled to culminate in the grand finale in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on September 5, 2026. The announcement was made by Miss Sierra Leone Limited in a statement issued on Monday, July 20, 2026, following a unanimous resolution…
More than 100 people are missing after deadly flooding hit Afghanistan’s Nuristan province on Monday, disaster officials and the governor’s office said. Twenty bodies have been recovered and more than 80 people injured, Afghanistan’s disaster agency ANDMA said. The casualties were reported in the provincial capital Parun and other areas of Nuristan, which borders Pakistan, ANDMA said on X….
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left. He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding separate calls with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky before…
Andy Burnham has officially become Britain’s new Prime Minister after King Charles III invited him to form a government during an audience at Buckingham Palace on Monday. Burnham succeeds Sir Keir Starmer, who earlier tendered his resignation to the King following two turbulent years in office. Buckingham Palace confirmed the transfer of power in a statement, saying: “His Majesty…
The Inspector-General of Police, William Fayia Sellu, has urged recruits of the Sierra Leone Police Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA) in Hastings to demonstrate discipline, integrity and professionalism as they embark on a two-month On-the-Job Training (OJT) attachment across police formations nationwide. Speaking during an interactive session with the recruits, IGP Sellu described the field attachment as a…
Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio at the conclusion of the regional bloc’s summit. Faye’s emergence comes at a critical time for the 15-member regional bloc as it…
