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Sierra Leone has taken the helm at Ghana’s prestigious Regional Maritime University (RMU). This significant transition of leadership marks a new chapter in the institution’s commitment to maritime excellence and collaboration within the West African region.The meeting commenced with a warm welcome note delivered by the Registrar of the RMU, setting a cordial tone for the event. This was followed by the introduction of delegates from various member states, highlighting the diverse and collaborative spirit of the university.In a heartfelt statement, the outgoing Chairman expressed gratitude to the university for its enduring support throughout their tenure. He acknowledged the collective…

By Shadrach Aziz Kamara Sight Savers Sierra Leone, with support from Irish Aid for a Better World citizenship participation project, on Wednesday 26th 2024, engaged persons with disabilities across the country for their voices to be heard. The engagement and consultation, aimed at facilitating disabilities issues, took place at Sight Savers headquarters, Congo Cross, Freetown. The Country Lead, SightSavers Sierra Leone, Tiangay Goundoe, assured persons with disabilities that after the upcoming world leaders summit in New York this September, their voices will be heard, adding that they discussed the challenges of disabilities. “We can’t sit at our office and get…

Local workers with the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Mohamed Rahman Swaray Local workers at the Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG) former Kingho Mining, have lamented the ordeal they face at the Mining Company to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Mohamed Rahman Swaray. This revelation was made to the Minister on Thursday 20th June, when he paid a visit to the Leone Rock Mining site to gather first-hand information about the welfare of the workers. This visit comes after publications about the poor treatment of local workers, and poor condition of service among others, which…

With a vision to help stabilize and ensure adequate petroleum supplies in the country for quite a while, the Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Brima Baluwa Koroma, commissioned Conex Energy’s two tank farms at the Conex Kissy Terminal in Freetown. One of those tank farms is meant for Petrol, while the other one is equally meant for Diesel, with each of those tank farms carrying 15,000 metric tons, making it a total of 30,000 metric tons of fuel. The unprecedented symbolic commissioning of the biggest and tallest tanks in the Downstream Petroleum Sector not only served as a…

The Ministry of Information and Civic Education, on Friday 21 June 2024, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universidad Catolica Silva Henriquez (UCSH), ABC Lab Santiago, Chile, to formalise the collaboration between the Ministry and UCSH, ABC Lab in supporting the implementation and enhancing the output on the Civic Education National Strategy and Salone Community Service Learning (SCSL).The agreement was signed at the Minister’s office 8th floor of the Youyi Building, Freetown, by the Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, on behalf of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, and Dr. Hector Opazo, on behalf of Universidad…

On June 24, 2024, the American Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Amb. Bryan David Hunt paid a courtesy call on the Sierra Leone Speaker of the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone, the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Segepoh Solomon Thomas. The American Ambassador equally used the opportunity to express congratulations to the House Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament for his historic election as the youngest Speaker ever in the history of the Sierra Leone Parliament. “Mr Speaker, congratulations on your historic election as Speaker of Sierra Leone Parliament,” said Amb. Bryan David Hunt, the American Ambassador to Sierra…

In a bid to strengthen border security between the Republic of Guinea and the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Head of the Guinean Staff College, Colonel Louis Remy Camara, paid a courtesy call on the Sierra Leone Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Hon. Alusine Kanneh, congratulating him on his appointment as the country’s new CIO.Speaking on the purpose of the courtesy call, the Head of the Guinean Staff College explained that the main objective of their visit was to enable them to have an large knowledge of civilian and military institutions in Sierra Leone and to execute a schedule of high-level…

Solidaridad West Africa and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have started the replication of the Responsible Agricultural Investments (RAI) training in Mongo Bendugu, Falaba District, in the north of Sierra Leone.The RAI initiative aims to empower rural women to participate in responsible agricultural investment decisions. It seeks to address their concerns, needs, and proposals for more gender-responsive investments in their communities within the district.Programme Officer at Solidaridad West Africa in Sierra Leone, Aminta Bah, said the training will target 30 smallholder women farmers, including their leaders. The goal is to empower more rural women to…

UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt and President Julius Maada Bio The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, has concluded a two-day visit to Sierra Leone. During this visit, he called on African countries to take stronger action to address the “silent pandemic” of lives lost in road crashes. The Special Envoy underscored that the African continent suffers the greatest loss of lives, the highest burden on the health system, and the most significant loss of GDP due to road traffic injuries. According to a new WHO report, Africa was the only…

Executive Director of National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq, and his dedicated team on Wednesday, 19th June 2024, visited the Chinese Embassy in Freetown as part of his tireless drive to see sports grow in Sierra Leone. The move was to woo the Chinese Embassy into ascribing the need to help Sierra Leone sports grow. At the meeting, Dr Abdulai thanked the Chinese Government for always supporting sports development in Sierra Leone, a kind gesture that can be traced to 1979, which saw the completion of the National Stadium. “The Chinese are major partners for sports infrastructural…