On the occasion of the State Opening of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, 19th May, 2022, His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio said, “In developing the Compact for the Millennium Challenge Corporation after being declared compact eligible, my Government identified the lack of adequate energy as a binding constraint on development. We …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, for the period 2024-2025, again since the country’s first inning 51 years ago. In his statement, President Bio recalled that in just eight years after Sierra Leone became a member of the United Nations, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. I started my Journalism career at the age of 19. At the age of 25, I became the editor of one of the leading newspapers in the country, the “Vision Newspaper” owned by Siaka Massaquoi. Under the APC of Joseph Saidu Momoh, especially after the return to multi-party democracy in 1991, the press (or some sections of …

The Acting Director General of EDSA (Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority), Ing James Rogers has informed the Global Times that the intermittent supply of electricity in some parts of the Western Area is due mainly to the low level of water at the Bumbuna Dam. Currently, he said, the Dam which is being managed by EGTC (Electricity Generation and Transmission …

On behalf of his colleague Ambassadors, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Chief Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina today presented the sum of Le15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Leones) to the President of SLAJ, as their own contribution towards the funeral (Kasankay) of their former late colleague, Jonathan Leigh. The brief ceremony took place at the Harry Yansaneh Memorial Hall …

Fellow citizens: Asalamualaikum warahamatu-ilahi ta allah wa barakatuhu May this Holy month of Ramadan strengthen our taqwa. May Allah subhanahu wattahallah bestow on us peace, abundance, and blessings. Our country, like all countries around the world, has continued to wrestle with the immense global economic crises and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global supply chains have been disrupted …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned a $22 million All Petroleum Product (SL) Ltd, APP, facility east of Freetown, and said it will add value and boost the mainstream sector of the petroleum industry in the country. APP SL Limited is a Sierra Leone based and pan-African owned energy company involved in the importation, marketing and distribution …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has completed a conducted tour of works at water supply sites, mini-grids and roads projects being executed in the Bonthe township by entities under the supervision of the Ministries of Energy, Works and Water Resources. At the Bonthe Water Supply Project sites, fully funded by the Government of Sierra Leone, the President was …

By Jane Mansaray.                                                                                                 Twenty Six Bags of copper wires belonging to the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) have been tendered at the Pademba Road Magistrate Court in Freetown. The stolen assorted items were presented yesterday by exhibit Clerk of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters in Freetown. The accused person, Sheku Bah …

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reached 540,000 people in Sierra Leone with lifesaving and resilience building assistance last year, helping them meet their basic food and nutritional needs amidst rising levels of hunger, partly due to the economic fallout from COVID-19. “Our assistance did not only help people have access to more nutritious food and more frequent meals. …