Initiative will Unleash Private Investment, Boost Productivity, and Bolster Climate Resilience WASHINGTON, October 23, 2024 — The World Bank Group today announced a strategic pivot in its approach to agribusiness with a goal to create a comprehensive ecosystem for the industry. The shift will combine a new way of working with a new level of...Read More

Scores of migrants from Sierra Leone travel to Lebanon every year for work, intending to support families back home. The UN agency estimates that “approximately 17,500 migrants… have been displaced” by the war. Beirut: Not far from Beirut’s heavily bombed southern suburbs, Jaiatu Koroma and her five-month-old daughter have taken refuge along with dozens of...Read More

Magiagi, Samoa, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has made a historic visit to Magiagi Village, Samoa, as part of his engagements on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Magiagi Village adopted the name of Sierra Leone as part of the lead-up to CHOGM, during...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu Faleolo International Airport, Samoa, Tuesday, October 22, 2024 – Sierra Leone’s  Dr. Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Apia, the capital of the Independent State of Samoa, to attend the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which runs from 21–26 October 2024. This year’s CHOGM is being held under the...Read More

By George M.O. WilliamS The Renaissance Movement Sierra Leone, a citizens-led movement committed to promoting democratic governance, has welcomed the timely review of the 1964 Police Act. The organisation commends the Law Reform Commission for initiating this critical process. The 1964 Police Act, which has governed the operations of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) for...Read More

By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone — Medical doctors in Sierra Leone have threatened to go on strike if the government fails to provide their allocated fuel supply for the third quarter, according to the Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA). Dr. Peter Mac-Jajua told Premier News on Tuesday that...Read More

By Sallieu S. Kanu On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, along with her deputy, Kweku Lisk, Chief Administrator Rahman Tom Farmar, and other FCC staff, met with the Implementation Support Mission of the World Bank’s Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (RUSLP). The meeting focused on reviewing the progress of RUSLP projects...Read More

By Fatima Kpaka In a legal development concerning the chieftaincy election in Bumpe Gao Chiefdom, Bo District, Justice Alfred Tommy Kanda of the High Court of Sierra Leone has issued a 7-day interim injunction regarding the election of Alfred Sovula Gbandoma as the paramount chief. The injunction was granted on October 22, 2024, in response...Read More

By George M.O. Williams Sierra Leone — Medical doctors in Sierra Leone have threatened to go on strike if the government fails to provide their allocated fuel supply for the third quarter, according to the Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA). Dr. Peter Mac-Jajua told Premier News on Tuesday that...Read More