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 …

The UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, yesterday met and held fruitful discussions with His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio in Freetown James Cleverly has meanwhile signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Sierra Leonean counterpart Prof. David Francis on Trade and Investment at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tower Hill in Freetown. The MoU is to foster mutual understanding …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. According to official results announced by Christiana Thorpe in the run-off Presidential election held on 8th September, 2007 Ernest Bai Koroma of the APC (All People’s Congress) emerged victorious with 54.6% of the total valid votes counted. He defeated the SLPP candidate, Solomon Ekuma Berewa. The defeat of the SLPP in 2007 threw the party into a …

The Mayor of Koidu City Council, Mr. Komba Sam and his various support groups including 11 Councilors from the C4C party and a host of APC members yesterday openly declared their support for the ruling SLPP by joining the party at a jam-packed Koidu Community Center Football Field in the presence of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, First …

𝗕𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮. Three days from today (3rd March) His Excellency President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio will be commissioning the brand new Freetown International Airport at Lungi. This is a major accomplishment. With less than five years in office, President Bio has presided over the construction of a brand new international airport with state-of-the-art facilities and technology in Sierra …

Port Louis, Mauritius, Saturday 25 February 2023 His Excellency Prithvirajsing Roopun, President of the Republic of Mauritius, has congratulated Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio for emerging as the winner in the category of “African of the Year” award and called for a deepening bilateral relationship between the two countries. Both leaders had a great bilateral meeting at the …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. As we approach general elections in June this year, disquieting news is emerging on several social media platforms of alleged physical attacks on opposition members/supporters. These allegations must be thoroughly investigated and perpetrators made to pay for their crime. On several occasions, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has appealed to his party members/supporters to be peaceful, law-abiding …

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 …

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 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 …