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President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, participate in a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta [AP Photo/Gerald Herbert] By Donald Earl Collins The past few months of student protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, and the way they were suppressed by the authorities and maligned as “violent” and terror-adjacent even by supposedly left-leaning, progressive political leaders exposed an important truth: the United States is in desperate need of a viable, left-to-centre-left third party committed to democracy. It’s not just the Republicans and their open embrace of fascism that is…

Afrimoney Sierra Leone has officially launched the Tross Fuel service in partnership with the Sierra Leone Commercial Tricycle Riders Union. The launch event took place at the Africell headquarters in Wilberforce, Freetown.According to Marcus Berdie, Head of Distributions at Afrimoney, the partnership with the Tricycle Riders Union aims to support Keke riders in securing and maintaining their vehicles. Last year, Afrimoney signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the union, providing Keke riders with a work-and-pay scheme to acquire a Keke for NLe100.The Tross Fuel service, a significant part of this MoU, offers riders three litres of fuel per day…

By Amin Kef (Ranger) The World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, received a substantial in-kind donation of 2,400 tons of rice from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea. This rice will be used to provide essential school meals to over 106,000 children across 500 schools in some of the most vulnerable and food-insecure regions of Sierra Leone throughout the next academic year. The donation comes at a critical time as Sierra Leone faces increasing food insecurity, due to the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis, macroeconomic decline, and the…

Several families affected by floods in Sierra Leone in 2022 have received humanitarian assistance from the ECOWAS Commission worth the sum of Six hundred and ninety thousand, seven hundred and nineteen dollars ($690,719.00). The Government of Sierra Leone launched humanitarian assistance to affected households, with the ECOWAS Resident Representative in Sierra Leone, Amb. Harouna MOUSSA, in attendance. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Honourable Kenya Ballay, stressed the importance of the ECOWAS humanitarian assistance, which will benefit affected persons in eight districts in the country. The items including bags of food, financial assistance as well as water, sanitation…

Late Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi To fulfil one of Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi’s wishes, plans are underway to bring the remains of the Bishop, who died on Monday, July 1, to Sierra Leone for burial. Bishop Biguzzi died peacefully in Parma, Italy, after serving the people of God in Sierra Leone for 38 years, including the 25 years he served as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni. The University of Makeni (UNIMAK), which the Italian Bishop founded, has revealed that the Bishop was specific about where he wished to be laid to rest. “As one of his (Bishop Biguzzi’s) dying wishes, plans are underway to bring his…

Afrimoney has ushered in a new era of mobile banking with the launch of the Afrimoney Pyypl Visa Card, marking a historic moment in the country’s financial landscape. The event occurred on July 1, 2024, at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, drawing stakeholders, ministers, and industry leaders. The Afrimoney Pyypl Visa Card aims to enhance convenience and security in mobile money transactions locally and internationally. During the launch, a representative from Afrimoney emphasized the company’s commitment to innovation and excellence, highlighting the card’s role in transforming Sierra Leone’s fintech sector. “With the Afrimoney Pyypl Visa Card, users can enjoy…

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has debated and unanimously ratified the ARISE IIP’s ‘The Dry Port Concession Agreement by and Between Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority and the Government of Sierra Leone’. This is part of a groundbreaking Industrial Zone Agreement between the ARISE Integrated Industrial Platform (ARISE IIP) and the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to develop and operate a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Koya, Mile 36. Presenting the Agreement before ratification the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Fanday Turay said the Arise Agreement is geared towards investing in the dry port and river port industrial…

The Ministry of Energy, in collaboration with the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), has undertaken routine inspections of meter installations of Tariff 4, T4, customers in Freetown, with the view to identifying themselves with the customers, having a firsthand assessment of how these customers are benefitting from EDSA services, and verifying whether their consumption patterns are commensurate to their installed loads. The inspection exercise, which targeted Maximum Demand Indicators (MDIs), sought to ensure that there were no leakages and that energy consumptions of the Tariff 4 category were properly registered in the respective meters of such customers. T4 customers…

Hon. Mohamed Sheridan Kamara Hon. Mohamed Sheridan Kamara, a Member of Parliament for the All People’s Congress Party in the North West Region of Kambia, is facing accusations of duping an American businessman, Amadu Kamara, in a land deal worth $39,000. The money was a partial payment for a parcel of land located at 34 Fourah Bay Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s Western Area. However, it was later discovered that the property was not rightfully owned by Hon. Sheridan Kamara, but by a close relative of his. Amadu Kamara attempted to take possession of the property but was unsuccessful when…

CEO of LRMG, Gilbert Zhao In the wake of investigations surrounding the activities of the Chinese Mining Company, Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG) formerly China Kingho Mining, sexual harassment allegations have rocked the company by a Male Chinese staff on a local female staff. This is coming at a time when several other ill-treatments are being meted on local staff by the company, without any action being taken against the company. Just a few days ago, an unannounced visit to the mining site of the company by the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, allowed local…