By Mohamed Lamin Banya The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), led by Chief Electoral Commissioner and Chairman, Mr. Edmond Alpha, has paid a courtesy visit to Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) at its temporary office in Kona Lodge, Freetown. The visit was aimed at strengthening collaboration and promoting a productive working relationship between the…
By Mariama Bundu President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has called for stronger trade and border cooperation within the ECOWAS region while addressing the 32nd Conference of Directors General of Customs of the World Customs Organization (WCO) for the West and Central Africa Region in Freetown. Speaking at the Freetown International Conference Centre, President Bio emphasized…
Sierra Leone has reaffirmed its commitment to democracy, climate action, peacebuilding, and regional integration during the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament currently taking place in Abuja. Presenting the country’s report on behalf of Sierra Leone, Hon. Saa Emerson Lamina, Deputy Leader of Government Business, outlined key national developments covering the period November 2025…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
