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The 2023 report on the development goals (SDGs) in Africa notes that the continent is lagging in progress towards the targets of SDG7. Namely, to ensure access for all to reliable, sustainable and modern energy services at an affordable cost by 2030. In 2018, only 20% of the electricity produced in Africa came from renewable sources. Africa is lagging in progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), defined and adopted by the Member States of the United Nations (UN), to improve living conditions around the world. In terms of clean and affordable energy (SDG 7), the 2023 Africa SDG Assessment…

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, including senior academic and administrative staff of the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), on Monday 9th October 2023, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE), Professor Ramatulai Wurie, at her New England Ville office in Freetown, at which event the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of MMTU, Dr Philip John Kanu, catalogued the successes and challenges of the institution since he assumed office. Responding, Professor Ramatulai Wurie commended the MMTU for the visit and the achievements attained, furthering that she is confident that they would continue to achieve more laurels and that the…

African Global Logistics (AGL), the new owners of Freetown Terminal Limited, has hit the ground running to translate a 2021 commitment to transform the Terminal into a green Terminal, with the acquisition of two new GaussinElectricTerminal Tractors and amulet—charge station to equip Freetown Terminal in Sierra Leone. The APM75T HE Tractor is the result of creating a synergy between Gaussin’s expertise in the production of handling vehicles, Blue Solutions in the production of electric batteries, and African Global Logistics. The 100% electric model will enable significant energy savings and will contribute to 100%carbon-free port logistics, as well as reducing maintenance costs while…

Contrary to a recent report that Femi Hebron owns Cabenda Hotel at Signal Hill, this medium can authoritatively confirm that it was a sad mistake for him to team up with some officials at Lands Ministry to retake land sold by his mother to a company. His ploy to retake ownership of this property started during the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) days, when his parents: Victoria Bayle Hebron and Sonia Boyle Hebron, sold the land to a Company-Lioness Motor Company Limited, owned by a Salamawish, a Jewish national. According to our investigations, Alhaji Denkey, a prominent businessman, was contacted to facilitate…

The Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Mr Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has met with the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Regional Director for Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria, Madam Vanessa Phala, in a courtesy call visit. Madam Phala, who was delighted to meet Mr Swaray for the first time, said that the ILO has been rendering huge support to Sierra Leone, through programmes it implements through the Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security. She said that they have been able to smoothly deliver their programmes in Sierra Leone through a tripartite approach with The Sierra Leone Labour Congress…

By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, through the Child Health and Expanded Programme on Immunization (CH-EPI), is planning to switch from double HPV vaccine dose to single dose, and from a single age cohort of 10 years old girls to Multiple-Age Cohorts (MAC) vaccination of eligible girls (10-18). This was revealed at a 5-day stakeholder meeting held in Makeni last week. You may be aware that the Ministry of Health in October 2022 introduced the HPV vaccine into the routine immunization system in the form of a vaccination roll-out campaign, targeting girls 10 years of age. During the…

By Shadrach Aziz Kamara The Free Media Group (FMG), publishers of the Politico newspaper, with support from STOP SPILLOVER, on Wednesday 30th August 2023,  concluded three-day media Workshop for 50 journalists for effective and responsible reporting on Viral Zoonotic Diseases and prevention of their spillover. The workshop started on the 28th of August and ended on the 30th of August 2023 at the CCSL Hall, King Harman Road, BrookFields, Freetown. In his keynote address, a medical research scientist, Professor Aiah Gbakima, said that Zoonotic diseases are infections that are spread between people and animals, adding that they are responsible for…

Dr. Adama Kalokoh, Country Leadership Team, USA, Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation (GGAF) and Founder, Impact Sierra Leone, is a proud Recipient of the 2023 US Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Services. As part of the 5th-anniversary celebration of the Jacobs-Abbey Global Institute for Leadership Studies (JAGILS), 10 outstanding individuals will be receiving the prestigious Presidential Volunteer Service Award in recognition of their volunteer service in our community. These exceptional honorees have been selected to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards – the highest honour given by the President of the United States. This celebratory event will take place on Nov…

By Mohamed Kelfala Fofanah President Julius Maada Bio delivered a stirring speech on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, during the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week in New York. A distinguished group of heads of state and government, as well as António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), and Dennis Francis, the President of the 78th session of the General Assembly, heard President Bio deliver Sierra Leone’s National Statement. President Bio connected this year’s theme of “Rebuilding Trust and Reigniting Global Solidarity” with Sierra Leone’s policy orientation in his…

By Yara Hawari On September 13, 1993, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the White House lawn, flanked by a smug-looking US President Bill Clinton. They had just signed an agreement that would be hailed as a historic peace deal putting an end to the decades-old “conflict” between Palestinians and Israelis. Around the world, people celebrated the deal, which came to be known as the Oslo Accords. It was perceived as a great feat of diplomacy. A year later, Arafat and Rabin were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Many Palestinians were also hopeful that…