Category: Current News
Government Accelerates Skills Training, Infrastructure, and Economic Growth
By Marian Magdalene BanguraStrategic Communications Unit – (MOICE) The Government of Sierra Leone has reaffirmed its commitment to fast-tracking national development through skills training, infrastructure expansion, and economic transformation as part of President Julius Maada Bio’s development agenda. Presidential Spokesman, Alhaji Dr. Alpha Khan, speaking at the weekly Government Press Conference held at the Miatta…
Specifically, in Sierra Leone, France’s renewed commitment has led to the following actions:
AFD-Proparco supports with more than EUR 43 million two leading local projects of agro-industrial development, the industrial farm JOLAKS (oilseeds) and the project SONOCO (cereals). Jolaks Manufacturing secures a USD 20 million loan to boost food security in Sierra Leone Sonoco to launch wheat flour production in Sierra Leone, with support from Proparco These two…
The Africa Forward Summit: Securing Balanced, Future-Oriented Partnerships between Africa and France
President Maada Bio will attend in Nairobi, on May 11 and 12, the Africa Forward summit, jointly organised by Kenya and France. On the eve of this summit, we publish an article of Luc Briard, Ambassador of France to Guinea and Sierra Leone, which presents the objectives of the summit and highlights more particularly projects…
Kyrgyz Ambassador Seeks Sierra Leone’s Support for UN Security Council Bid
By Alhaji Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Embassy of Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia The Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Ulukbek Maripov, has paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Barrie at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Riyadh. During the visit, Ambassador Barrie welcomed his counterpart and reaffirmed…
Women MPs Call for Stronger Constitutional Protection of Gender Equality Gains
Hon. Bernadette Wuyatta Songa, President of the Sierra Leone Female Parliamentary Caucus (SLeFPaC), has described Parliament’s constitutional review process as a key nation-building exercise aimed at strengthening equality, justice, dignity, and inclusion for women in Sierra Leone. She made the remarks during a two-day engagement on the Constitutional Amendment Act 2025, where women parliamentarians gathered…
SL Showcases IP Reforms at WIPO Session
By Mohamed Sheriff, Information Attaché, Geneva, Switzerland Sierra Leone has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening intellectual property (IP) as a driver of innovation, creativity, and economic growth during the 36th Session of a committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. In his remarks, Mr. Ibrahim Sam Johnson, Senior Registration Officer at the…
APC Returns to Parliament, Focuses on Electoral Oversight
By Lemuella TarawalllieThe opposition All People’s Congress has, on Tuesday 5th May 2026, returned to the House of Parliament and declared its readiness to re-engage Parliament with a firm stance on electoral transparency, accountability, and democratic integrity, following what is described as “critical interventions” by international moral guarantors.During a press engagement at the Office of…
APC MPs Resume Duties after Weeks of Absence
The opposition Members of Parliament from the All Peoples Congress (APC) have officially returned to parliamentary proceedings after weeks of boycott, marking a significant step toward restoring legislative normalcy in Sierra Leone’s governance process. The lawmakers resumed sittings on Tuesday, 5th May 2026, where they were formally welcomed by the Speaker of Parliament, the Right…
New Public-Private Deal Boosts Sierratel Revival
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially relaunched Sierratel as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) through a strategic partnership with Africell, marking the return of the state-owned telecom company to Sierra Leone’s communications market. The relaunch took place on Tuesday 5 May 2026 at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown and is aimed at…
UNICEF, China Launch $3.2bn Child Health Project
By Lemuella Tarawallie The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and with support from the China South–South Cooperation Fund, has officially launched a $3.2 billion health implementation project aimed at transforming newborn and child survival across Sierra Leone. The initiative, launched on…