22nd January 2023. The Government of Sierra Leone last Tuesday signed the Pepel Port and Pepel-Tonkolili Railway Development, Expansion and Management lease agreement with a company called ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd. According to the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Timothy Kabba, this agreement is part of the bigger reforms in the mining sector, where the government intends to …

A panel of three Justices sitting at the Court of Appeal, Honourable Justices Ansumana Ivan Sesay (JA), Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens (JA) and Adrian Jocelyn Fisher (J) has reserved for judgment the Commission of Inquiry matter between the State and former President Ernest Bai Koroma. This came after submissions by Lawyers representing the State and Appellant that they relied on their …

ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms have informed the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Transport and Aviation that, in line with their Lease Agreement signed with the Government on 17th January, 2023 they have procured and shipped seven passenger railcars from Japan, which are expected at the Freetown Port on 26th October, 2023. On 17th January, 2023 ARISE IIP …

In a bid to enhance the cooperation and intellectual exchange between China and Sierra Leone Police, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone has extended an invitation to twenty five (25) personnel of the Sierra Leone Police to participate in a one month Seminar on Sierra Leone Police and China Security Cooperation in Shandong Police College, in the Eastern Province of …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received a cheque for a USD100 million loan to support 1,000 Sierra Leonean graduates to study STEM, MBA, and AI courses in the United States of America and Canada. The symbolic presentation of the cheque, which is a no-collateral educational loan, was made to the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry …

The Pepel Railway and Port was refurbished by African Minerals Limited with loans provided by China Exim Bank and Standard Bank of South Africa. The rehabilitation of the former Marampa mining railway and port cost a staggering US$1.2 Billion. The project was done on a BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) basis. After twenty years of operation, the assets were finally …

In order to improve on cybercrime investigation in Sierra Leone, fifty (50) police personnel have been selected to pursue advanced technological training at the Sky Vision College of Digital Technology and Management at #5 Main Motor Road, Wilberforce, in Freetown. The above training officially commenced on Saturday 30th September, 2023, of which the Inspector General of Police -Mr. William Fayia …

The Western Region Commissioner of the Right to Access Information Commission, Pastor Mohamed Sesay and his team on Thursday 28th September 2023 joined the National Secretariat of the Right to Access Information Commission and UNESCO and the rest of the world, to celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) which is commemorated worldwide. The celebration took place …

𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞. Ambassador Peter Alfred Penfold, who has died aged 79, was so deeply attached to Sierra Leone that it was almost certainly the last foreign country he visited from his Oxfordshire home. He arrived in late November 2022 and stayed for weeks. It was one of dozens of visits to Sierra Leone since his zeal in service of …

It has been confirmed by the Global Times that, Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited trading as Leone Rock have clandestinely but successfully negotiated a new 20-year agreement with the Government of Sierra Leone for the management of the Port and Railway in Pepel in the Port Loko District. The initial 2-year agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and …