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The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Ms. Seraphine Wakana of Burundi as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone, with the host Government’s approval. Ms. Wakana has more than 28 years of experience in coordination, political engagement, economics and development planning.Before her current appointment, she had also served as the UN Resident Coordinator in the Gambia, where she led UN efforts in supporting the national development priorities of The Gambia to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda. Under her leadership and guidance, the UN Country Team in the Gambia has provided technical support…

In an event organised at the Family Kingdom Resort Center, Aberdeen in Freetown on Monday 4th December 2023, the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), Hon. Alusine Kanneh, officially handed over 52 Passports to African-Americans, who traced their roots as Sierra Leoneans and encouraged them to invest in Sierra Leone. Handing over the Passports to the African Americans, Hon. Alusine Kanneh described Sierra Leone as ‘one of the most peaceful countries in Africa’, stating that last week, the African-Americans met him at his immigration office, where they discussed the rules and regulations that govern the laws of Sierra Leone’s National Passports, and…

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, Alhaji Fanday Turay Esq, and the Minister of Transport and Logistics of Saudi Arabia, Saleh Al-Jasser, have signed a bilateral Air Service Agreement (ASA) to allow the free movements of commercial flights between the two countries. The milestone signing of the ASA agreement between the two countries at the 15th International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN 2023) in Riyadh, will facilitate free or direct movements of airlines between the two countries for sustainable economic growth. In his statement during the ceremony, Hon. Fanday Turay defined Sierra Leone as a…

By Shadrach Aziz Kamara In commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities normally held on 3rd December every year, Sight Saver Sierra Leone, with support from Irish Aid, on Monday 4th December 2023, held a day dialogue meeting with young women with disabilities in Sierra Leone at the Family Kingdom, Aberdeen in Freetown on the theme: “Disabilities issues: face it and fix it”. The dialogue meeting is geared towards young women with disabilities dialoguing with influential women in society. In his keynote address, the Program Officer, of Sight Saver Sierra Leone, Abubakarr Bakley Sesay, said that Sierra Leone…

London, UK | 7 December 2023 | Afrimoney, Africell’s mobile money platform, has just become more efficient with the adoption of the GSMA’s Mobile Money API Specifications for its merchant APIs. API stands for application programming interface. An API is a set of technical protocols for integrating different software. Companies which want to link their digital services use APIs. Afrimoney’s merchant APIs allow merchants to connect to Afrimoney and provide Afrimoney services to their customers. Services for which customers can pay using Afrimoney mobile money include paying bills, online shopping, food delivery, ridesharing, tax collection, and more. Typically, integrating a…

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Tuesday 5th December 2023, officially launched a day’s inception workshop of the project titled ‘Promoting Inclusivity for Improved Local Tenure Governance’, funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany at the Sierra Palms Hotel, Lumley Beach Road in Freetown. The 60 participants included Paramount Chiefs, Civil Society Organizations like NAMATI, Green Scenery, Solidaridad, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the media. In the past ten years, the Government of Sierra Leone has made considerable progress in the land sector, using the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible…

Bryan David Hunt Timothy Musa Kabba The US government through the American Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Bryan David Hunt, has unequivocally condemned the Freetown November 26 security breach by unknown insurgents, calling it an attack on democracy. The Ambassador congratulated the government of Sierra Leone for stopping “those who wanted to avert democracy and bring chaos to Sierra Leone”. The US position was made clear during the ambassador’s courtesy call to Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Musa Kabba at his Tower Hill Office. He said the American Government stands with the Sierra Leone Government for taking the stance to…

Women from el-Geneina, West Darfur, await news of their missing relatives as they gather near the border crossing in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023 [El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters] By Mohamed Osman As devastating videos and bone-chilling accounts of massacres continue to come out of Sudan, the United Nations has appeared to jettison what little remained of its civilian protection role in the country. The apparent decision to shut down the UN’s political mission there, known as UNITAMS, came mere days after another wave of atrocities was committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias in West Darfur. On…

The Sierra Leone Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) was established to license and regulate the efficient importation, storage, transportation and distribution of petroleum, to ensure its regular availability to consumers at reasonable prices, and to provide for other related matters. The Agency, on Thursday 30th November 2023, sealed the NP Pump station at Brookfields for hoarding oil products, which is in contravention of the PRA regulations in the country. With almost 15,000 litres of petrol and 2,200 litres of diesel, the station was refusing to sell to the public, causing artificial scarcity. PRA informed the general public that there is adequate…

While representing President Bio at a gathering in Dubai, organised by ‘Reaching the Last Mile’ to“galvanize new momentum and investment to address climate-health challenges confronting last-mile communities, with an emphasis on efforts to end diseases such as polio, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases (NTD),” Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr Austin Demby, has reiterated President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s commitment to eradicating neglected tropical diseases, as part of transforming the lives of Sierra Leoneans. The Health Minister said that Sierra Leone recognised the transformative power of eliminating neglected tropical diseases while adding that his country was dedicated to breaking the cycle of…