The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is one of the senior Ministries of any country. This Ministry by extension is part of the Presidency. It’s in charge of all State matters dealing with the outside world. The current Minister is Professor David J. Francis and the Director General is Ambassador Dr. Victoria Suleiman (Mrs.). Prof. Francis took over …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. “A leopard never changes its spots”. An old African proverb says. The APC (All People’s Congress) yesterday concluded their National Delegates’ Conference in Makeni. As predicted, the twice defeated 2018 Presidential candidate, Dr. Samura Kamara, defeated seventeen other flag bearer aspirants to emerge as the party’s standard bearer for the June 24, 2023 Presidential election. The party …

Police personnel across the country have expressed displeasure over the delay in their rice supply for the months of January and February. They normally receive their rice supply on the 15th of every month. A senior Police source at Police Headquarters in Freetown informed the Global Times yesterday that, the supplier is owed a large amount of money which has …

For his great leadership and fantastic strides in health care and education in Sierra Leone, His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Dr Julius Maada Bio, has at the just concluded 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government, received laurels from members of some international organisations such as  WHO, UNESCO and Africa CDC. During …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Non-compliance in the ongoing tribunal hearing between the State and the suspended Auditor General Mrs. Lara Taylor Pearce and her deputy Tamba Momoh will not kill the Tribunal, Retired Justice Nyawo Matturi Jones, Chairperson of the Tribunal said at yesterday`s hearing in Freetown. “We have to join hands together for progress in the substantive tribunal hearing,” …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. The resignation of Dr. Dennis Bright from the position of Chairman and Leader and member of the NGC Party on 1st February, 2023 has dealt an enormous damage to the political career and ambition of Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella. In his letter of resignation, Dr. Dennis Bright said, “You will recall that in recent times there have …

During his recent visit to Brussels, Belgium, President Dr Julius Maada Bio visited the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) office in Belgium, where he engaged with the President and Directors of MSF Belgium and thanked them for their continued services to Sierra Leone. President Bio thanked the organization for its over 36 years of distinguished service in Sierra Leone. The President …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Justice Samuel Omodale Taylor has convicted and sentenced the former Leader and Chairman and 2018 Presidential candidate of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) Mr. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray to 32 years in jail. The judgment was delivered in the evening hours of Friday 17th February 2023, at the Sexual Offences Model Court, main Law Court Building on …

The Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation, Rex Bonapha told newsmen yesterday that the soon-to-be completed Freetown International Airport at Lungi was a brand new Airport, not an extension of the old airport. Speaking during a conducted tour of the new airport facilities,  the Deputy Minister who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary Ministry Transport said the new Airport and …

On 31st January, 2023 the Director General of NCRA, Mohamed M. Massaquoi, officially requested the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to use her good office to inform the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria that, Sierra Leone has commenced the production and issuance of Biometric and Securitized ECOWAS compliant ID Cards for nationals of ECOWAS …