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This year’s World Earth Day Celebration 2024, brought together world leaders in Ottawa, Canada, to combat one of the most…

On Monday 29 April 2024, His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio attended a two-day International Development Association of Heads…

Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura,  Alhaji Kanja Sesay,   Joe-Lahai Sormana   The recent blackout crisis in Freetown has brought to light the underlying tensions and power struggles within the government, particularly between the Finance Minister, Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, and the outgoing Energy Minister, Alhaji Kanja Sesay. There was a deliberate attempt to undermine Alhaji Kanja Sesay and push him out of his position, amidst the chaos of the week-long blackout. The Finance Ministry’s delayed release of funds to the management of Karpowership, only after Alhaji Kanja Sesay resigned, raises suspicions of sabotage. The swift payment of US$ 17m to Karpowership and US$1.5m to TRANSCO-CLSG following his resignation is seen as a tactic to remove one of President Bio’s most loyal ministers from his position. Alhaji Kanja Sesay, who has been a dedicated and effective minister for almost six years, was made a scapegoat for the government’s failure to address the energy crisis.…

On 16 April, the Ambassadors of the European Union, Germany and Ireland, Manuel Müller, Jens Kraus-Massé and Aidan Fitzpatrick, held…

The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, 23/04/2024, extensively debated and adopted, with unanimity, the following constitutional instruments that were laid on the…

MCC’s CEO Alice Albright with President Julius Maada Bio The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has announced its intention to negotiate…

Sierra Leone’s Timothy Musa Kabba and Morocco’s Nasser Bourita Sierra Leone and Dominica have both recently reaffirmed their support for…

An IMF team and the Sierra Leonean authorities held discussions on a new arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility; They…

Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor A. Bah, on 17th April 2024, engaged Dr Stefan Friedrich, Head of the…

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio and entourage leaving the plane. By Adrian Rauso The major metals trader hoping to…