Following a recommendation by the Constitutional Review Committee for Members of Parliament to be elected in accordance with the system of Proportional Representation, the Government yesterday accepted this recommendation. In the White Paper published yesterday, the SLPP led Government of President Dr Julius Maada Bio said, “Government accepts this recommendation of having Members of Parliament to be elected in accordance …

Excellency, It gives me great pleasure to invite you to serve as Member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research’s (UNITAR) Division for Mutilateral Diplomacy for a two-year term from January 2022 to December, 2024. UNITAR is a key resource within the United Nations system aiming to empower individuals, govenments and organizatons through knowledge …

Fellow citizens: Just over a week ago, I switched on the CLSG interconnection at Tiloma, bringing sustainable electricity to the regional capitals of Eastern and Southern Sierra Leone. This year alone, working with partners, we have lit up 23 more towns and communities in rural Sierra Leone including Masiaka, Foredugu, Mambolo, Mange, and Rokupr in the north; Moyamba Junction, Taiama, …

The 2015 Census figures show that 2.5m people (36%) of the population live in the North of the country. According to the final Census results in 2015, 1.6m people (23%) of the population live in the East of the country. The West and South of the country account for 2.9m people about 41% of the population. The total population of …

The township of Jaima Sewafe and it environs, in the Niminyama Chiefdom, Kono District will soon benefit from safe pipe borne water after a long period of time. During his recent visit to Kono, President Bio promised the people of Sewafe of safe drinking water soon, as the people earlier requested during a town hall meeting. The hard-working and result …

Special Representative of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Yang Jiechi, has led a high-level delegation to meet His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, advance cooperation and convey goodwill from Beijing. H.E. Yang, who is the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, also extended warm regards from his government, saying that Sierra Leone …

Teachers are the most essential ingredients for achieving SDG4: inclusive quality education. They are also an essential part of the Government’s Free Quality School Education programme. This is why an unprecedented level of investment has been made towards enhancing the policies, incentives and welfare of teachers in Sierra Leone. Here a few (10) things you may not have heard about: …

Some radical West Africa and African Heads of State have raised serious concerns over the AU and ECOWAS’ decision to ask Sierra Leone’s former President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to lead election observation missions in Africa when he is still actively engaged in local party politics in Sierra Leone. The former President continues to occupy the position of Chairman and …

The newly elected Chairman for the Sierra Leone’s People Party (SLPP), Mr. Safea Moiwa has vowed to deliver the entire Kono district to the SLPP come 2023. Barely few weeks after being elected as Chairman of SLPP Kono District, Mr. Moiwa sprang into action by mobilizing his colleagues and SLPP youths and stakeholders in the district into a comprehensive and …

Sierra Leone Ambassador to Beijing, People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina who is also accredited to eleven other countries recently presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of Singapore, Her Excellency Halimah Yacob. The presentation was done through a virtual meeting with the President of Singapore. The presentation of Letters of Credence by …