By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown International Airport, Lungi, Wednesday 11 October 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, Special Envoy of the King of Saudi Arabia who was on a day visit to Sierra Leone. The envoy said their visit was to express their commitment to investing...Read More
By Kai Mansa-Musa Lilian Cole, 21, is a garbage collector and a mother of two children. She told Premier News that he resisted the pressure of his peer to slide into a life of prostitution by opting to do refuse collection to take care of herself and her two kids – Charley Kamara, aged 3 who...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The United States of America welcomes the opening of a dialogue between the Government of Sierra Leone and the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, the United States Embassy in Freetown said in statement on Thursday. The dialogue is being facilitated by the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion and supported...Read More
The All People’s Congress (APC) strongwoman Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR has responded to a series of references made against her in the 2023 report by the European Union Elections Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sierra Leone which was released on Tuesday. Dr Blyden OOR said in a statement on Thursday that the EU has sought to...Read More
By Tola Adenubi In a bid to ensure that member states have an effective Port State Control (PSC) regime, the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central Africa has commenced a two-week mentor-mentee capacity building programme for PSC officers from Sierra Leone. The training, organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Abuja...Read More
