Teenage inventor wins innovation prize in Sierra Leone after building homemade radio station

19 June 2026 16-year-old self-taught inventor from Freetown, Sierra Leone, has won a prestigious national innovation competition after successfully building an operational FM radio...

RSF says VOA suspension threatens access to reliable news in Sub-Saharan Africa

3 August 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the suspension of Voice of America (VOA) programming across sub-Saharan Africa, calling it a “serious blow” to the region’s...

Radio Maria opens new substation in Gboko, Nigeria

27 January 2025 Radio Maria Nigeria, a non-commercial, non-profit Catholic Radio Station with a mission to evangelize the world, preaching spiritual & social conversion, has inaugurated a new...

Asmaa James launches Rise Radio 96.3FM to empower voices

11 September 2023 Veteran broadcast journalist and women’s rights activist, Asmaa James, has announced the launch of her own broadcasting platform, Rise Radio (96.3 FM). “Today, I announce...

Sierra Leone Police to commission its radio station

14 August 2023 The Sierra Leone Police head by Inspector General of Police William Fayia Sellu will soon commission its new radio station called the SLP Community Peace...

CPJ requests authorities in Sierra Leone to drop investigation against Okentuhun Radio journalist

15 June 2022 The American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) has requested that authorities in Sierra Leone drop their investigation into journalist Sorie Saio...

Sierra Leone radio station flying high on U.S. billionaire’s financial presence

20 March 2021 The faces of Sierra Leonean Radio Station, Democracy FM (98.1FM), glitter on one of the Station’s staff photos. In the picture, the group is standing...