Sierra Leone News

  NetBlocks metrics confirm a nationwide disruption to internet service on multiple providers across Sierra Leone from the morning of Wednesday 10 August 2022. The incident comes amid reports of protests and clashes between the police and protesters in the capital city Freetown and other cities. Real-time network data show the near-total internet blackout coming into effect on mobile and fixed-line internet providers in a pattern consistent with an intentional disruption to service, corroborating user reports of outages in multiple cities. National connectivity is observed at just 5% of ordinary levels as of Wednesday morning. The restrictions impact many internet users in Sierra Leone and are likely to significantly limit coverage of events on the ground. This class of disruption cannot be readily circumvented through the use of VPN services. NetBlocks recommends against the use of network disruptions and social media restrictions to counter protests, given their disproportionate ...

  A Police Officer has been seen laying lifelessly on the street of Freetown, as it was alleged that he was beaten to death by angry protesters in the wake of the August 8- 10 planned demonstration. As the August 8-10 planned Demonstration rocks Sierra Leone a yet-to-be-identified police officer has been seen lifelessly on the street in the eastern part of Freetown, as onlookers said he was beaten to death by Angry protesters. Military personnel parading the area confirmed on Ayv that they saw a dead body in police uniform laying on the street, but did not confirm the real cause of death

 The Government of Sierra Leone has shut down internet in the country today August 10, 2022. This is coming amidst protests in the east end of Freetown and in several towns across the north of Sierra Leone with police and protesters in running battles. Sierraloaded reports that Protests have so far claimed the lives of at least three people as at press time, in addition to many injured. The disruption is likely to limit the free flow of information online and news coverage of incidents on the ground. Sierraleonenews reporters in Freetown also confirmed via telephone calls that they are unable to access the internet. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

There are report of many people reportedly shot dead by police officers as ongoing protest turns bloody in Freetown this morning. There are also reports of heavy police presence and clashes with protesters in the various ends of the capital. Reports gathered from various locations around Freetown this morning reveal that the streets are filled with youths demonstrating against the government. The protesters say they are demonstrating against the high cost of living, police brutality, corruption and general injustice perpetuated by the government.   In various parts of the Freetown, there are report of gun shots fired and heavily armed police and military personnel in the streets. Videos shared on social media showed young people alleged to be fatally shot by Police officers lying dead in the city.  There are report of many people reportedly shot dead by police officers as ongoing protest turns bloody in Freetown this morning. There are also reports of heavy police presence and...

  The governing Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) was caught on the backfoot yesterday Monday 8th August 2022 when a well-coordinated Sit-Home Strike saw a chunk of the capital city of Freetown and the main opposition stronghold of Makeni City virtually grind to a halt in the morning hours before things slowly returned to normal. A clearly ill-prepared SLPP regime had to bring out Cabinet Ministers on to Freetown streets to help allay fears that all Ministers had fled the capital city. The false reports of Ministers fleeing, were broadcast by a miscreant based in Holland who whilst he was in entertainment business, went by the stage name of ‘King Adebayo’. For almost two years now in this country, I have been raising attention to the fact that the miscreant in Holland using a stage name of ‘King Adebayo’ is a front (a ventriloquist puppet) for the Former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma (aka EBK) and Koroma’s political architecture. This is a FACT that I even deposed...

  The minister of Basic Senior Secondary School Education on Saturday 6th August 2022 wrote a letter addressing school pupils to write him back about their holiday and thing they may want politicians to do in their communities. The minister’s letter to pupils has gone viral and have started attracting the attention of pupils as the minister started receiving responses today Tuesday 9th August 2020 few days after publishing his letter. Today the minister tweeted he has received two letters from a class two and class six pupils at his office. The two pupils are Ndeleiva and Nyanjeva as Ndeleiva is requesting for good road and adequate water supply in her community.   “Wow! Today I  received my first 2 letters hand delivered to my office from a Class 2 & Class 6 pupil. How exciting to meet you Ndeleiva and Nyanjeva! Ndeleiva- I hope politicians would’ve fixed your road & water by the time you finish school so you can fix other issues! Thank you!”.

  Since specimen were collected from the Over 80 Patients affected by the alleged food poisoning at Nyandeyama section in Kenema and sent to a loboratory test but results are yet to come by Some residents in Kenema are using the local radio stations to call on the medical wing to produce the result of the test. People want to know what resulted to poor health on Victims at the graduation Party Organized at A1 Bajalokoh street at Nyandeyama section. Speaking to Francis Suma the Risk Communication lead for the District Health Management Team Kenema, he told the press that all the patient s have been discharged with few complaining of minor poor health, which the medical team is is closely Monitoring. He said the results is not immediate as it has a long Process to go through but he did not rule the possibility of further testing out of the country. He called on the public to exercise some patience as the results must come out and it will be made public. He said they wants to prove wh...