In a stirring address at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio called for urgent reforms to the UN Security Council, advocating for Africa’s rightful place in the global peace and security architecture. As the Coordinator of the African Union’s Committee of Ten (C-10) on Security Council Reform, President Bio led …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. A four-day training on mainstreaming women’s rights and promoting gender equality in peace support operations has ended for Gender Focal Point and Female Engagement Officers from both the Police and the Military. The training was jointly organized by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Protection, Human Rights, and Gender (PHRG) Cluster and the African …

As a first collaborative response to the recent spate of collapsing buildings in Freetown, the Council of the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects (SLIA) and the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers (SLIE) met over a business lunch on Tuesday, 24th September, 2024 at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The meeting led by Ing Oba Agwu Jones the President of …

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐁 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐛𝐨. Two great men of Lebanese-Sierra Leonean origin were born on the same day 72 years ago and lived together in unity only to die within the same week in Lebanon. Hashim and Hassan Hashim were born as identical twins in South Lebanon but lived their lives together in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone where …

Sierra Leone’s Consul in Lebanon, Hashim Hashim, fondly called Pa Hashim died in Lebanon on Sunday, 22nd September, 2024. During his tenure, Pa Hashim gave great visibility to Sierra Leone not only in Lebanon but throughout the Middle East. He was well-known and highly respected by the movers and shakers of Middle East politics, diplomacy and commerce. Pa Hashim was …

At 11.54pm on the 19th of September 2024 a private non-scheduled aircraft landed at FNA, without an approved landing permit. The said aircraft has been impounded by the State Security forces and all 4 persons on board are currently in police custody. The Director General of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority and SLCAA inspectors from the Directorate of Flight …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚 Women Network for Environmental Sustainability (WoNES) has organised a two-day discussion on climate change advocacy and a policy dialogue workshop. The event which took place on September 11 and 12, 2024 at the Family Kingdom in Freetown, brought together diverse stakeholders in environmental issues in the country. According to the organisers, the workshop sought to enhance understanding …

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐨 Police sources in Kenema have informed the Global Times that a 75-year-old Lebanese Businessman, Salim Dayeck with shop and residence at 26 Hanga Road in Kenema was murdered in cold blood in the early hours of Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The police alleged that the prime suspect, Umaru Sama is a long-time trusted worker of …

During the 5th Observance of the United Nations International Day to Protect Education from Attack, held in Doha, Qatar, Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, made a compelling call for a collaborative approach to safeguard education from the devastating impacts of armed conflict. This event serves as a critical platform for raising awareness about the alarming consequences that …

The Sierra Leone Police has responded adequately to some newspaper reports about inhumane treatment against Sierra Leone police officers who just returned from a peace peacekeeping mission in Somalia. According to police sources, the above mentioned officers were not detained nor held against their will as alleged by the newspapers. Rather the said officers are doing their normal police job …