For the year of 2020, Europe and Africa have set themselves an ambitious agenda for an ever stronger EU-Africa Partnership. The new President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, made her first official visit outside the EU to Addis Ababa underlining the EU’s strong commitment to advance the partnership. Europe and Africa are...Read More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has on July 7, 2020, handed over Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to support the operations of the Ministry’s Situation Room. The equipment, which has been procured with financial support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), includes...Read More
Julius Maada Bio has on Wednesday July 8, 2020, decorated three newly promoted Brigadier-Generals of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) during a ceremony held at State House. They are Albert Sylvester Bockarie, Amara Idara Bangura and Abdulai Berber Jalloh. In a brief statement, the President congratulated the new Generals, saying that they had...Read More
U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria E. Brewer, has on Wednesday July 8, 2020, presented supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needed to protect frontline health care workers responding to COVID-19 to Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and the Directorate of Health Security and Emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the manufacturing, procurement,...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Southern Region Office has, on July 6, 2020, cautioned officers of the District Emergency Response Centre (DICOVERC) Bo on the efficient and judicious use of public resources in the management of the COVID 19 pandemic. The engagement took place at the district’s command centre in Bo. Speaking during the engagement, ACC’s Southern...Read More
