𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫. As part of their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), the Lithium Leone Afric Metals Mining Company on Sunday 26th March, 2023, provided salary for one hundred and twenty teachers and donated five hundred bags of rice to every household in Ngowahun Chiefdom, Bombali District. This donation benefits teachers and residents from Lawgbaray village, Mansongbo, Makatatay, Tambima, Mayata …

Since his appointment (commission) as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the Republic of South Sudan, Juba, Mr. Kamel Yatim, has given great visibility to Sierra Leone and has strengthened the country’s diplomatic ties, by engaging senior government officials in South Sudan, foreign diplomats and investors on behalf of Sierra Leone. During regular diplomatic engagements, Mr. …

President Brig. (Rtd) Dr. Julius Maada Bio has told the people of Kono District that their wellbeing and livelihood matter very much to him and that he would do all he can to redeem them from the 11 years’ social injustice they went through during the reign of the APC. He gave this assurance during his Thank You Tour in …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The alleged twenty thousand United States Dollars vehicle matter between the State against Ramez Koroma was yesterday discharged by Justice Sulaiman Bah, a High Court Judge sitting in Freetown on main Law Court Building. The discharge came in force when the State Prosecutor, Andrew F. Kamara informed the Court that he intends to produce no further …

The Honorable Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh yesterday officially opened the ECOWAS Community Parliament Joint Committee meeting in Freetown. The joint committee meeting is one of the formulae to bring the institution very close to the people. The theme of the meeting is on regional energy market and energy transition. In his opening statement on behalf of His Excellency, …

Usually reliable sources have confirmed that the European Union has approved and signed a €50M grant with the Government of Sierra Leone to upscale energy access in the country. The windfall from the European Union comes hot on the heels of the government of President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio finalizing the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Grant which is also …

Sierra Leone’s resident Honorary Consul in Lebanon, Pa Hashim Hussein Hashim, yesterday addressed Sierra Leoneans residing in Lebanon, following the tragic death of five Sierra Leonean citizens in a devastating fire accident in the Bouchrieh Dam region of Lebanon on 11th March, 2023. Two others with critical burns are currently hospitalized in Lebanon. Pa Hashim Hashim expressed profound and sincere …

The Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom in the Port Loko district, PC Bai Koblo Queen 11, last Friday, travelled to Freetown to speak exclusively to the Global Times Newspaper on allegations of the mysterious death of three of his subjects allegedly tortured and murdered by some white security personnel employed by Marampa Mines Limited. According to PC Koblo Queen 11, …

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. William Fayia Sellu together with Heads of the Family Support Unit (FSU), the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) and the INTERPOL, on Tuesday March 7, 2023, held talks with a team from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at Police Headquarters in Freetown. The theme of the meeting was centered on …

United States Vice President Kamala Harris will be the most senior American official to visit Africa this year in late March. The tour to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia is scheduled for 25 March to 3 April. This visit will be the most high-profile as the US and Russia go pound-for-pound countering each other in Africa, as the war in Ukraine …