𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭. I have just glanced through the final observation report that the European Union has issued, and indeed it makes an interesting reading. Here are my quick highlights: The June 2023 multi-tier elections were generally calm and peaceful. This lends credence to Sierra Leone as 3rd most peaceful country in Africa and 47th in the world. …

Kingho Mining Company Limited have the biggest Iron Ore mining concession in this country. They have not even utilised a quarter of the Iron Ore mining concession that they control in the Tonkolili district. According to industry experts, all their concession areas have high grade deposits of Iron Ore. In 2021, the Government of Sierra Leone leased the Pepel Railway …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡 saramadifofana@gmail.com. The Ma Dengn Association has launched its 2023 edition of the Ma Dengn Beach Festival with the theme: “Salone Awujoh; alman de geh” to pay homage to an important communal feast that brings families and communities together. This year’s two-day event scheduled for December 16 and 17 at the gardens of the prestigious Radisson Blu Mammy …

The Commissioner of the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA), Ambassador Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina and his Regional Coordinator and Migration Focal Person, Mr. Farama Joseph Bangura, are participating at the ongoing 74th Session of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations …

The former Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Andrew Jaiah Kaikai, has officially handed over office to the new Chief Immigration Officer, Hon. Alusine Kanneh, promising to work together in supporting President Julius Maada Bio’s Big Five Game Changer for the sustainable transformation of the nation. In his handing over statement, the former Immigration Boss said when he took over in 2018, …

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 …