His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, has arrived safely in New York for the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The High-Level segment of the 78th UNGA will take place from the 18th- 26th, September 2023, at a time of unprecedented setbacks in global cooperation and solidarity. The Earth is …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Timothy Musa Kabba and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita met in Morocco yesterday to commence the implementation of thirteen agreements signed for Agriculture, Energy, Education, and Health. It was also revealed that Morocco will open an embassy in Freetown by the end of this month. A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture …

The Office of the Prosecutor (“OTP”) of the International Criminal Court (“the ICC”) presents its compliments to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York. Reference is made to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (“the UNGA”), to be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and, …

The new United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary designate to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Bryan D. Hunt, on Friday visited the Sierra Leone Embassy in the USA, where he held fruitful discussions with Embassy staff and reassured them of the US continues bilateral collaboration between both countries. ‘According to the US Department of States, Bryan Hunt is a career …

Outgoing Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone, David Dale Reimer, has called on opposition parties, especially the All People’s Congress (APC), to dialogue with the government of President Julius Maada Bio, when he answered to questions about the US position on the recently concluded elections in Sierra Leone on Radio Democracy 98.1. “We’ve also called on dialogue between …

Making his formal address at the Government of Sierra Leone retreat held at Bintumani Hotel in Freetown yesterday on public service systems for Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, the Honorable Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh urged Cabinet Ministers and heads of MDAs to work as a team in the spirit of mutual respect and trust. The Honourable …

Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UN, in New York, United States of America, Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu, has taken formal leave of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio, where he thanked him for giving him the opportunity to serve the country at the global body. Ambassador Kanu was Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative for Legal Affairs …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has opened an orientation workshop on public service systems for Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, a component of an administrative orientation programme that he instituted in his first term. The programme aims to alter the dynamics between political leadership and the administrative sector to guarantee that ministers, permanent secretaries, and other …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has departed the shores of Sierra Leone for Abuja, Nigeria to attend the ECOWAS Heads of State Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Niger scheduled to take place today. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State …

The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has at the maiden press conference of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, explained that the latest Supplementary Budget is aimed at improving revenue mobilization to fund socio-economic activities that are people-centered. According to him, the Supplementary Budget was necessitated by emerging economic issues that shifted economic assumptions which underpin the …