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Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr Fatima Maada Bio, delivered a powerful message at the SLPP North America Women’s Conference, calling for unity and support for President Julius Maada Bio’s “Big Five Agenda.” She emphasized the importance of focusing on development rather than personal ambitions, warning against early power struggles within the government. In her address, Dr. Bio highlighted the critical nature of the early stages of an administration for implementing key policies. She stressed the need for collective action to achieve lasting progress in areas such as education, healthcare, the economy, food security, and governance. By supporting the “Big Five…

Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday 09/07/2024, debated two Youth Bills and Committed them to the Legislative Committee for further scrutiny. Parliament debated the following Bills: 1. The National Youth Service ( Amendment) Act,2024, which seeks to provide for an amendment of the National Youth Service Act, 2016 and to provide for other related matters and 2. The National Youth Commission (Amendment) Act 2024, seeks to amend the National Youth Commission Act, 2009 and to provide for other related matters. Presenting both Bills, the Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura, highlighted…

Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh and Ambassador Chief Ernest Baimba Ndomahina The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, on Monday 08/07/2024, engaged Ambassador Chief Ernest Baimba Ndomahina, Commissioner of National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) in his Office at Parliament Building in Freetown. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the need for the Western Area to benefit from NaCSA’s projects and other activities they are involved in for purposes of poverty reduction. In his submission, the Deputy Speaker acknowledged the work of NaCSA in the development of the country and went on to…

Wan Fambul Framework, in collaboration with the Ministries of Local Government, Gender, Environment, and Planning and Economic Development, has successfully initiated the formation of the Village Development Structure (VDS) for Bisongo Village in Karene District. This initiative serves as a coordination mechanism at the village level, feeding into the Chiefdom People’s Planning Process.“These village structures will eventually handle the affairs of delivery and development on behalf of the government, serving as an effective coordination mechanism,” explained Rev. Jonathan Titus Williams, Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Development, during the training session. He lauded Fambul Tok’s leadership in community development efforts, emphasizing…

All Peoples Congress eastern grassroots coordinator Kadiatu Sesay is on the run. Madam Sesay, an active grassroots member, has expressed concern about several attacks, detention, and threats from Sierra Leone police and members of the ruling Sierra Leone People Party supporters. Speaking with this medium, Mr Mohamed Barrie, public relations officer for the All Peoples Congress Party East District, stated that Madam Kadiatu’s human rights have been violated numerous times. In response to that attack, Madam Kadiatu actively condemned the act and criticised the police. She was beaten, detained, and given strict warnings to stop what the police perceived to…

The Sierra Leone Cabinet has given the green light to the Banana Island Seaport Project, a massive undertaking that will be located in the Dublin and Rickett Communities. The proposal was presented to the Cabinet by the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Ambassador Alhaji Fanday Turay Esq., on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. The project, estimated to cost a staggering $2 billion, will be spearheaded by the GENTO Group of Companies, led by businessman and philanthropist Mohamed Gento Kamara. The concession agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the GENTO Group of Companies has been approved for the design, financing,…

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…