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Rugiatu Nenneh Turay holding an "End FGM/C" sign during one of her awareness campaigns

“I Showed My Father My Wound”: How One Woman Turned Pain into a Movement Against FGM

As an 11-year-old girl, Rugiatu Nenneh Turay entered the Bondo society expecting songs and celebration. Instead, the pain she experienced changed her life forever. Today, the founder of the Amazonian Initiative Movement has spent more than two decades helping communities abandon female genital cutting, replacing Bondo bushes with schools and turning former practitioners into champions of girls' education.
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Jos Leijdekkers, also known as Bolle Jos, pictured attending a church service in Tihun, Sierra Leone, on 1 January 2025.

Dutch cocaine kingpin ‘remains at large in Sierra Leone’ — EU Parliament

The European Parliament has formally adopted a resolution addressing international drug trafficking that explicitly names Sierra Leone and highlights convicted Dutch drug kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, who “remains at large” in the country. As security deepens at major European ports, lawmakers noted that criminal syndicates are increasingly shifting their logistical hubs to West Africa, prompting calls for expanded joint maritime surveillance, intelligence sharing, and judicial cooperation.
Security personnel patrol a Freetown street amid smoke following reported unrest.

Post-match unrest forces government to halt community leagues

Following violent clashes between residents and police that reportedly claimed three lives after a COFA match, the government has suspended all community and school soccer competitions across the western area. The unrest in Kroo Town Road, triggered by a defeat to Kosso Town, led to the fatal “shooting” of a local trader, prompting a formal inquiry by the IPCB.

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