The tally is being disputed by the opposition party, which accused the election commission of lack of transparency. Bio is running for a second term against 12 opponents, including his biggest rival Samura Kamara. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio is leading the presidential election count, said the electoral commission on Monday after 60% of […]
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Voters in Sierra Leone are waiting for the results of a general election that was overshadowed by violence at the opposition headquarters. Voting was held across the country on Saturday for presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections, and the process was mostly peaceful on the day. The main candidates are incumbent President Julius Maada Bio and […]
Freetown — With just a day to Sierra Leone’s general elections, the diplomatic community has called on all sides to exercise restraint and refrain from violence. “We are concerned by reports of election-related violence and aggression across the country, in the run-up to the elections. We urge everyone to refrain from violence, respect the political […]
The launch of the Football for Change Programme fund-raising campaign in Sierra Leone has received global recognition, with CAF recognising the role it will play in impacting communities. The programme is a Gender Empowerment initiative using football as a tool for rehabilitation and positive social change. The launch event of the fundraising, held in Free […]
One of Sierra Leone’s leading telecommunication companies, Africell, has on May 3rd, awarded the sum of Fifty Thousand Leones (50,000) to the winner of the Ramadan Hut Show. The 14-year-old winner, Bryan Decker Jnr. expressed delight during the award ceremony, adding that he never believed in the show as there are a lot of scammers […]
Representatives from different political parties have on Wednesday, May 3rd, made their commitments to continue working with the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) in order to promote peace and non-violence before, during and after the June elections. They made their commitments during the re-launch and inauguration of the District Multi-Party Forum (DMPF) at the PPRC […]
The Institute of Languages and Cultural Studies has on Thursday, 27th April 2023 concluded its four-day celebration dubbed INSLACS week at the Great Hall of Towama Location, Bo Campus, with the theme “A Unified Sierra Leone.” The celebration featured student participation in debates, essay and poetry competitions, stand-up comedy, musical performances, drama and cultural performances. […]
President Julius Maada Bio, yesterday Wednesday May 3, officially launched the National Payment Switch. The switch is a gateway system to payment solutions in Sierra Leone. The National Payment Switch is a technology that facilitates bulk cashless payment in the fastest possible time and also promotes financial inclusion. Speaking at the launching ceremony, Bank Complex […]
In May 2021, some residents of the Black Johnson Community in the western area rural were in contention with the government’s bid for a proposed Fish Habour to be constructed with funding from the Chinese government. Among other things, residents said they were not formally engaged by the government on the terms of the project […]
Presidential candidates for the United Democratic Movement (UDM) Party and the People’s Democratic Party have successfully gone through the nomination process at the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) Headquarters on Tower Hill in Freetown. The two presidential candidates and their running mates were successfully approved and certified to contest the June 24 elections. UDM-Mohamed Sowa […]
Kofi Roberts, attending Sierra Leone Grammar School in SSS 1 (Science 2), has appealed to President Julius Maada Bio, saying: “because of the delay in enacting the revised Child Rights Act, we the children of Sierra Leone are pain; we feel left out because till this day, the revised Child Rights Act has still not […]
Addis Ababa (ENA) — Physical infrastructure has remained a major bottleneck in accelerating the implementation of the African free trade opportunities, Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Professor David Francis said. Speaking to ENA, the minister commended Ethiopia for its endeavors on physical integration to integrate the African continent via Ethiopian Airlines. Noting that infrastructural development is […]
In a Joint Statement, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell have on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation said the ‘world will miss target of ending FGM by 2030’ if urgent action is not taken. The world has only eight years left now to hit […]
As crisis threatens to bleak global economy, weaker and import based economies are destined to feel the hardest pinch of it. The job of a Finance Minister for a government locked in battered economy like Sierra Leone is quite challenging. Last week, President Bio appointed Deputy Finance Minister, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura to replace Denis […]
Washington, DC — President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met December 14 with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, President George Manneh Weah of Liberia, President Andry Nirina Rajoelina of Madagascar, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, and President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone to […]
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1 December 2022 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sierra Leone this week hosted a high-level delegation from its Regional Office in Dakar and Headquarters in New York led by the Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Ms. Argentina Matavel Piccin, the Director of the Technical Division Dr. Julitta Onabanjo and […]
THE first batch of vehicles manufactured for the government of Sierra Leone by Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Ltd., IVM, has been delivered to the West African country by the Nnewi-based indigenous automaker. The vehicles, which arrived in Freetown on November 21, 2022, were built to order by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Defence. The request for the […]
Monrovia — The Customs Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has signed an MOU with its Guinean and Sierra Leonean counterparts for mutual administrative assistance to combat customs crimes and boost customs revenues in the three countries. The Customs authorities agreed to foster meaningful and more robust collaborations in facilitating cross-border trade and improved […]