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By Kadiatu Mansaray Certain places are special in our lives, where memories intertwine with the walls and corridors. One such place for me is the Freetown Cheshire Home. This was founded in 1962 to support and raise people with disabilities. It came to be after the Second World War after a man called Leonard Cheshire witnessed the destruction caused by war and drew pity to save and give a new future to those extremely affected by the war. Recently, I embarked on a nostalgic journey to revisit this cherished abode. This time, it was to celebrate the 78th Anniversary of…
09 November 2023 The WHO Country Representative, Innocent Bright Nuwagira, led a team from AFRO and Africa CDC to brief Babatunde Ahonsi, the UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone, about an ongoing scoping mission. This mission’s primary objective is to bolster health security and emergency capacity for the successful implementation of the Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) initiatives within the country. The mission seeks to enhance Sierra Leone’s health security and emergency response capabilities, advocating for the support and collaboration of all stakeholders. They aim to develop a comprehensive two-year roadmap for action by the end of the mission. Mr.…
The Deputy Minister of Finance 1 of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Madam Jeneba Kpaka Bangura, has signed the Hospital Project Agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for the construction of a Modern Referral Hospital worth a total of One Hundred and Eighty-seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Saudi Riyals (187.5 SAR), which is equivalent to Fifty Million United States Dollars ($50,000,000.00). The soft loan agreement aims to build and equip a new 150-bed referral hospital close to the Airport in Lungi, in the Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, Port Loko District. The project is part of the Government’s plans to…
President Julius Maada Bio presided over an unprecedented and pivotal moment on the inaugural day of the 2023 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Days. On this momentous occasion, President Bio led Sierra Leone’s delegation in presenting a groundbreaking project – the $800 million Rice Industrial Complex. This initiative aims to establish a fully integrated rice industrial complex within Sierra Leone, charting a course for economic growth, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. During the high-stakes boardroom session, President Bio expressed profound gratitude to the AIF Founding and Institutional Partners. He specifically thanked a coalition of influential entities including the African Development Bank, Afrexim…
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Mr. Jiwoh Emmanuel Abdulai, and his technical team are participating at the ongoing 77th Meeting of the Standing Committee on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Standing Committee provides policy guidance to the Secretariat on the implementation of the Convention, oversees the management of the Secretariat’s budget, and coordinates the work of other committees and other working groups. At the Meeting, the government representatives and other International Organizations would discuss International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora from…
A Sierra Leonean born, Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim S. Kabbah was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army after serving in many roles as a Major for over 6 years. Lieutenant Colonel Kabbah began his military career in the United States Army when he first enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserves in February 1994 as a Combat Medical Specialist. Kabbah was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His mother is Hannah Turay and Father is Abubakarr Siddique Kabbah. Kabbah grew up with his grandparents, and his grand father, was OC Joseph Rahman Mansaray of the Sierra Leone Police. His grandmother whom…
President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bioand President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed in a phone call Ukraine’s Peace Formula. “I had a phone conversation with Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio,” Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. He noted he is glad to resume contact between the states at the highest level following a 20-year pause. The President of Ukraine also congratulated Sierra Leone on its election to the UN Security Council for the years 2024-2025, noting that he anticipates that it will continue to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial…
To strengthen the health security and emergency capacity to implement the Emergency Preparedness and Response initiatives in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization, in partnership with Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have kicked off a one week-long scooping mission in the country. The mission will work jointly with the Government of Sierra Leone to identify priority areas and engage with its partners in articulating a shared vision for strengthening health security and emergencies. This initiative follows a recommendation by African Health Ministers to adopt a new strategy to transform health security in the region during the seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Lome in August…
The Electricitè De Guinea (EDG) on 30th October, 2023, played host to Sierra Leone’s delegation in its Conference Hall, Conakry, Capital of Guinea. The team, which constitutes representatives from the Ministry of Energy (MoE), Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit and Law Officers Department (LOF), discussed and negotiated a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the two countries, with the view of strengthening bilateral relations between Sierra Leone and Guinea on electricity production, power purchase, transmission and distribution. Welcoming the team from Sierra Leone, the Director General of EDG, Mr. Laye Sekou Camara, expressed gratitude to…
His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received Dr Isatou Touray, former Vice President of The Gambia and Envoy of the Uniting to Combat Tropical Diseases, accompanied by Minister of Health, Dr Austin Demby, to talk about neglected tropical diseases. Presenting the envoy to His Excellency, Dr Demby said that Madam Touray was representing a global consortium to combat neglected tropical diseases, common in low-income populations in developing regions like Africa. Dr Touray started by congratulating President Bio on his resounding election and expressed how proud she was of the commendable strides his government had continued to make. The…