Abu Bakarr Jalloh, a Sierra Leonean content writer, storyteller, and founder of The African Dream has been selected as one of the winners of the 2024 Vickie Remoe Prize for
Three decades ago, Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano who hails from Northern Nigeria, was selling ice blocks and groundnut oil. Today, he is one of the richest black people in world

John Drake Sr., an African American man who fought in World War II, has recently turned 106 years old. The native from Harvest, Alabama, clocked this milestone while recounting some

New Film Series 'Bormeh' by KID-AFAN FILMS and Sierrafixx Sheds Light on Harsh Realities in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean makeup artist, Mary Yei Yongai has broken a 19-year-old Guinness World Record for the most cosmetic makeovers by an individual in 24 hours.
Caritas Freetown, in partnership with CSSL and funding partner CAFOD, launched the "Piloting Integrated Livelihood and Conservation Approaches around Western Area Peninsular National Park" on the 13th of April 2024
In 1989, Captain Aluel James Bol was a refugee in Kenya. Fast forward to 2024, she went on from being a refugee in Kenya to becoming the first female commercial
Executive Producers of the Bormeh Series, Dr. Isatu Kakay-Diallo, Fatu Formeh Kamara, and Idrissa Barry Jalloh has on the 4th January this year, announced the premiering of a highly Political
Pelumi Nubi, a Nigerian adventurer and travel content creator, makes history by becoming the first Black female traveller to drive 10,000 km from London to Lagos in two months.
Abu Bakarr Jalloh, a Sierra Leonean content writer, storyteller, and founder of The African Dream has been shortlisted for the 2024 Vickie Remoe Prize for Journalism and New Media.
In 2012, a 24-year-old Kenyan, Anthony Omari, who worked at the Faraja Children’s Home, a Kenyan orphanage, confronted three machete-armed intruders who broke into his orphanage.
Idris Elba, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, sets to build an eco-city in Sherbro Island, a monumental Island in Sierra Leone with a population of around 30 to 40,000 people.
“Let Her Be”, (2024), published by SLWS, is a groundbreaking anthology compiled by Oumar Farouk Sesay and Elizabeth Kamara, an English language lecturer at FBC
This year’s edition features notable personalities such as Drizilik, Incredible JJ, Boss LA, and others who are actively changing the narratives of the city.
Peter ‘Peetah’ Morgan, the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning reggae group, Morgan Heritage, has died, aged 47.

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