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His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has, in two separate developments, met His Excellency Dr Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan, the Saudi Minister of Education and also engaged Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, PIF, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In his meeting with Dr Yousef Al-Benyan, President Bio paid tribute to the bilateral relations between the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and expressed gratitude to the Government in Riyadh for supporting his country at all times. His Excellency spoke about the gains made in…
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Bunce Island (also spelled “Bence,” “Bense,” or “Bance” at different periods) is an island in the Sierra Leone River. It is situated in Freetown Harbour, the estuary of the Rokel River and Port Loko Creek, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) upriver from Sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown. The island measures about 1,650 feet (502.9 metres) by 350 feet (106.7 metres) and houses a castle that was built by the Royal Africa Company in c.1670. Tens of thousands of Africans were shipped from here to the North American colonies of South Carolina and Georgia to be forced into slavery, and are the ancestors of many African Americans of the United States. Although the island…
Description The Original Fourah Bay College building is located in the east end of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Fourah Bay College opened in 1827 as the first institution of higher learning in modern sub-Saharan Africa after the collapse of the one at Timbuktu. Until the Second War Fourah Bay College offered the only alternative to Europe and America for British colony West Africans who wanted a university degree. The Original Fourah Bay College is a four-story structure built of dressed blocks of laterite. Sierra Leone’s first coloured Governor, Staff Sergeant Major William Fergusson laid the building’s foundation stone…
November 10, 2023- The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Musa Kabba and the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, have signed a General Cooperation Agreement, aimed at promoting cooperation between the two countries. The Agreement covers the areas of trade and investment, science and technology; the wider spectrum of economic and social opportunities in the two countries, including education, science, culture, mining, tourism, agriculture, infrastructure, sports, and the economy, among others. The foreign ministers of the two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political…
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Thursday, 09/11/2023 at around 9:00 PM debated and passed into law, with some amendments to the Bill entitled: ‘The Finance Act 2024″, for the economic growth and development of Sierra Leone. The Bill seeks to provide for the imposition and alteration of taxes, to give effect to the financial proposals of the Government, and to provide for other related matters for the Financial Year 2024. Presenting the Bill to Parliament, the Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura said the Bill is a measure drawn from the Finance Act intended to increase and improve…
President Bio and Ambassador Hunt The U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Ambassador, Bryan Hunt stated in an interview that Sierra Leone has a long way to go to complete the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact program. Ambassador Hunt says the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) doesn’t only look at the scorecard results for a country to receive the Compact. He said the MCC will make assessments on moving forward with the US$500 million Compact program for Sierra Leone, based on the progress made in the implementation of the provisions of the dialogue agreement. “The scorecard is a first step, certainly…
People flee following Israeli air strikes on a neighbourhood in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023 [Yasser Qudih/AFP] ByEspen Barth Eide One day, the war between Israel and Hamas will come to an end. And when that happens, Israelis and Palestinians will need to re-engage in the essential question of what could constitute a peaceful settlement between them. But with each passing day of bombing, blockade, rocket attacks and hostages not released, it becomes more and more difficult to resume the process towards a two-state solution. The war has reminded us that there…