B𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑟. 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐺𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠. Nothing that President Bio has done since taking office in 2018 …

By Pat Kawa In Bo. Amidst the high cost of living in the country, the former Vice President Dr Victor Bockarie Foh over the weekend on 16th December 2023 at the SLPP district office in Bo donated bags of rice, three cartons of tomato, two bags of onion and two five gallons of vegetable oil worth thousands of Leones and …

The Court of Appeal has in a judgment delivered yesterday in Freetown upheld the sole Commissioner Justice Biobel Commission of Inquiry (COI) report findings against the former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. The Court has directed the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) pursuant to Section 78 sub (1) of the ACC Act to investigate the former President who is an appellant …

His Excellency, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has arrived in Riyadh to attend the Saudi-Africa Summit scheduled to take place on Friday, 10th November, 2023. The President was warmly welcomed at the Royal Airport in Riyadh by the Deputy Governor of Riyadh Province, His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. President Bio, who is visiting …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received the Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, scorecard from the United States of America’s Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan David Hunt, saying that it is always good to have an independent international assessment of his government. Ambassador Hunt said he was pleased to let the President know that in the 2023 MCC scorecard, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. By the year 2000, an Isreali businessman Zeev Morganstein had taken the Government of Sierra Leone to the High Court in Freetown for failing to pay him about US$3M he was owed for supplying the Ministry of Defence with critical spare parts for a military helicopter owned by RSLAF (Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces). Zeev decided …

On 21st March, 2023 the Government of Sierra Leone signed a shareholders’ agreement with ARISE IIP (SL) Limited for the management of a special purpose vehicle in charge of managing and operating the Pepel rail and port. ARISE owns 90% of the company with 10% ownership by the Government of Sierra Leone. In the shareholders’ agreement, the Government of Sierra …

Sierra Leone’s economy is projected to grow at 3.7% on average during 2023–25, below its long-term trend. This scenario is predicated on sound domestic policies, including a tight monetary stance to combat inflation, and an equally conservative fiscal policy to decrease debt pressures and rebuild fiscal space. Headline inflation could moderate gradually to 14% and the fiscal deficit decline to …

In preparation for its next Ministerial Conference (MC-13) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in February next year, the World Trade Organisation this week hosted Senior Officials from all over the world in Geneva. The Ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making body of the WTO. The preparatory meetings in Geneva, from 23-24 October, focused on agriculture and food security, fisheries …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed the Committee of Ambassadors from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), on the sidelines of the Rebranding Africa Forum, making a strong case for Sierra Leone as one of Africa’s investment destinations. The President, who was in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday as a guest of honour and keynote …