𝐁𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐮 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The Chairman of the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) Dr. Ibrahim Sheaga Shaw has stressed the successes of the Right to Information (RAI) law, which he said relies greatly on records management. RAIC as an entity is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring public officials have proper records to enable them, provide access to information. …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed the Committee of Ambassadors from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), on the sidelines of the Rebranding Africa Forum, making a strong case for Sierra Leone as one of Africa’s investment destinations. The President, who was in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday as a guest of honour and keynote …

By Mohamed Fofanah saramadifofana@gmail.com. ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) began an intensive operation on September 1, 2023, to erect boundary walls for the construction of 15 factories, providing 34,000 direct and indirect jobs in 24 months at the Sierra Leone Industrial Zones (SIZ) in Koya. Speaking at the maiden media tour on the facility Friday, ARISE announced that it …

On Tuesday 17th October, 2023, two Experts in Fingerprint from the International Police Organization (Interpol) paid a courtesy visit on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. William Fayia Sellu at his George Street office, in Freetown. The team lead, Mr. Herve Raffourt, explained that the objective of their visit was to do a needs-assessment of the existing Automatic Fingerprint Identification …

Mediated dialogue between the government of Sierra Leone and the All Peoples Congress party – 16-18 October 2023. An agreement for national unity Resolutions The parties resolved the following: 1. His Excellency the President to make a national address on dialogue, unity, cohesion, and peace. 2. The APC will end its “non-participation in governance” 3. His Excellency the President in …

By December last year, the Government of Sierra Leone was very enthusiastic about the idea of having a private company to manage the Pepel Railway and Port. It therefore came as no surprise that, on 10th January this year, the Government of Sierra Leone wasted no time in terminating the Lease Agreement they had signed with Kingho Railway and Port …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. Sir Milton Margai of the SLPP served as Sierra Leone’s head of government from 1954 until his sudden demise in 1964. He served as the country’s first Prime Minister from 1961 until his death on 28th April, 1964. His biggest legacy is the attainment of Independence from British colonial rule on 27th April, 1961. To date, Sir …

The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI) Council, Chief Dr. Alfred G.O. Dixon has given a comprehensive update on the research outcomes of the Feed Salone initiative at the weekly government press briefing hosted by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education in the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Tuesday, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐛𝐨. I was as concerned and agitated as many others in the APC about the way and manner the 2023 election was conducted as well as the outcome. I wished that the election could be done again, and I eagerly wanted my candidate Samura Kamara to be president. But as time progressed and I had deeper reflections …

The last passenger railway service in Sierra Leone was terminated in 1974 under the leadership of President Dr. Siaka Stevens, the founder and leader of the All Peoples Congress (APC). Under the leadership of President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio, passenger railway is expected to return very soon. ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms have procured and shipped seven passenger railcars from …