Sierra Leone said Thursday it is working with neighboring countries to step up the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea after a Chinese fishing vessel was hijacked in its waters earlier this week. The area off the coast of West Africa is one of the world’s most dangerous places for attacks on ships. Twenty-three crew […]
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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has congratulated Julius Maada Bio on his re-election as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, saying they will make joint efforts to develop relations between the two countries. “I believe that we will make joint efforts to develop relations between Azerbaijan and Sierra Leone on the
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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER BY THE RT. HON. DR. ABASS CHERNOR BUNDU (TUESDAY, 25 JULY 2023) Hon. Members Today, 25th July 2023, marks the third sitting of this Sixth Parliament to which a total of 149 Members have been duly elected by the citizens of this country in the last General Election held on 24th
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Dr Modupe Taiwo, Save the Children’s Programme Director for the Global Affairs Canada funded Project on reducing and responding to child and early forced marriage and union titled ‘My Body. My Decision. My Rights.’ was a panellist among other global leaders at this year’s 2023 Women Deliver Conference (WD2023) in Kigali, Rwanda. Happening every three
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Global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday 12 countries in Africa would receive 18 million doses of malaria vaccine over the next two years, expanding access to the shots to nine new countries in the region, according to Reuters. Malaria remains one of the continent’s deadliest diseases, killing nearly half a million children each year
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Sierra Leone’s All People’s Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara on Tuesday called up the newly elected president Julius Maada Bio and congratulated him on his victory, according to Xinhuanet. Kamara was in the company of his running mate, Chernor Maju Bah, the Secretary General of the APC, Lansana Dumbuya among others at their party’s
Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s presidential election, provisional results showed, reports CNN. The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) said it had so far tallied around 60% of the total vote and expects to declare a winner in the next two days. The election is considered a two-horse race between President
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Sierra Leone’s President who is running for re-election held his final rally in the capital on Freetown’s Lumley Beach Tuesday 20 June 2023, reports AFP. Julius Maada Bio held his final rally in the capital before the polls open on Saturday (June 24). Voters will also elect MPs and local councils. Julius Maada Bio is
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Why it matters to understand the APC’s posture now There is a context in which to understand the elections results that come out after the 24th of June polls, which will end in a victory for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). It is natural with politics everywhere that an opposition would try to portray
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African leaders are “working to bring pressure” on Russia’s Vladimir Putin and others to end the war in Ukraine that has caused a cost of living crisis on much of their continent, according to the president of Sierra Leone. Julius Maada Bio, who is seeking re-election this month, said Africa “always suffers disproportionately” during global
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