The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs has received cross-section of participants for the Budapest-Bamako Freetown finish line RALLY at the Sierra Leone-Guinea border in Kambia. The participants were received by the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, William I.K Robinson on behalf of the government and people of Sierra Leone. 566 participants from over 40 countries with 242 …

The Chairman and Chief Electoral Commissioner of the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone, Mr. Mohamed Kenewui Konneh was in Nigeria last week to participate in what he described as an “Assessment of the pre-election arrangements and preparations for forthcoming general elections” in the country. The assessment visit was to strengthen electoral processes and further discuss efforts to make the forthcoming elections …

The Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) wishes to inform the general public that it warmly welcomes news that Sierra Leone has scored an astronomical mark of 98% in Freedom of Information in the 2023 Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Global Scorecard, outperforming Ghana scoring 88% and Nigeria scoring 38%. As the body entrusted by law to widen the opportunities to …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The Chairman of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) has raised concerns over the All People’s Congress (APC) party’s preparedness to compete effectively in the country’s forthcoming general elections next year due to its prolonged internal power struggle. Lawyer Abdullai Masiambay Bangurah yesterday blamed this problem on the sharp divide among members of the Interim Governance Transition …

©️PK Muana.                                                                                         A dozen and three things to know about MCC & SL under President Bio 1. Contrary to opposition speculations, MCC states the sources of their objective data. 2. Outstanding passes in the hard control of corruption indicator – no surprises. 3. In Africa, President Bio leads in investing in people with a 100% in education and 90% in …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray was yesterday brought in a Correctional Service Ambulance with registration number AJH342 escorted from his Annex Unit of Connaught Hospital to stand trial at the High Court, on main Law Courts Building along Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. The 2018 Presidential Candidate and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) made appearance in …

His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio is expected to leave Freetown this morning on a four-day walking visit to Bo district in the Southern Region. Today, President Bio would be received in Mano Dasse by the Resident Minister in the Southern Region, Mohamed Alie and a retinue of traditional leaders. The President will depart Mano Dasse after breakfast …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. At the Freetown High Court on main Law Courts Building Siaka Stevens Street, a thirty- five (35) year old male youth and a building construction labourer, Lahai Kamara has been sentenced to thirty-one (31) years imprisonment on conviction of murder. In his judgment dated 2nd November 2022, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay, a Court of Appeal Judge …

At the just concluded African, Carribean and Pacific/ European Union (ACP/EU) joint Parliamentary Assembly session in the Mozambiquan Capital, Moputo on 1st November, 2022, Sierra Leone’s Hon. Saa Emerson Lamina lamented on the “severe threats” of terrorism and it’s attendant compendiums on the peace, stability and security of Africa. “Terrorism in sub Saharan Africa is a threat to Africa that …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through modern farming techniques. The consignment includes 400 Mobile Rice Threshers, 400 Winnowers, 60 Rice Whiteners, 400 Brush Cutters, 500 Rice Transplanters, 100 Chain Saws, 400 Knapsack Manual Sprayers, 200 Repair Tool Kits, 100 Hand Drills, …