On the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio is to embark on a three-day state visit to China between 28th February and 2nd March 2024, according to senior diplomatic officials in Freetown. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral diplomatic relations between the two countries. According to diplomatic sources, President Xi …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield in her capacity as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the representative in the United Nations Security Council, UNSC. Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Madam Victoria M. Sulimani, opened the discussions by stating the …

Honourable Members Please allow me to start by acknowledging the fact that this sitting today is the very first day in 2024 that I am presiding over this august assembly of Parliament. I therefore consider it opportune to start by extending to each and everyone of you a blessed New Year and sincere best wishes for your good health and …

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Kabba, the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Hon. Sidie M. Tunis, Chief Immigration Officer, Hon. Alusine Kanneh and a member of parliament, have attended the inaugural ceremony of the President of the Republic of Liberia, Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the Capitol …

The ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria, has commended President Dr. Julius Maada Bio for granting permission to the former President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, to travel out of the Sierra Leone on medical and health grounds. A communiqué issued by the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja on 20th January, 2024 states, “ECOWAS commends the humanitarian gesture that stands to serve the …

𝟏𝟖𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 MY FELLOW SIERRA LEONEANS, During my New Year’s Message, I shared my firm sense of hope and optimism for our nation’s progress. My hope and optimism haven’t waned but instead reinforced by the decisive wins we have witnessed in the first two weeks of 2024. From our assumption of the IJN Security Council seat to the …

Lawyers for Former President Ernest Bai Koroma have formally applied to the court to allow their client to travel to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on medical grounds. The court is now examining the veracity of the claim made by lawyers for the Former President. West African diplomats based in Freetown have disclosed that, in principle, the Sierra Leone government …

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray arrived in Freetown yesterday, for talks with the Sierra Leonean government. Diplomatic sources confirmed that, the ECOWAS President is in Freetown to facilitate the temporal relocation of former President Ernest Bai Koroma to Nigeria. Some senior West African diplomats confirmed that, in December last year, the Sierra Leone government agreed …

On behalf of the President of Guinea Mamadi Doumbouya, Prime Minister @Bernard_Goumou recently led a high level delegation to Sierra Leone to thank @PresidentBio and commend the 15 Sierra Leoneans including myself who travelled to Guinea to provide support following the fire incident. I was awarded the Grand Officier de L’ordre National du Kolatier de la République de Guinée for …

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 …