Sierra Leoneans in the United States of America joined the Embassy of Sierra Leone Sunday April 27th, 2014 to celebrate their Country’s fifty Third (53rd) independent Anniversary in a different style. The ceremony which was slightly different from the usual wining and dining, took a different turn this year, by it becoming more Sierra Leonean […]...
Fellow Citizens: 53 years ago today, the first steps of the journey of independent Sierra Leone were taken. They were steps taken with great hopes of finally achieving Thomas Peters’ quest for freedom, Bai Bureh’s dreams of independence, Alimamy Suluku’s aspirations for peace, Madam Yoko’s promise of cultural pride and woman’s empowerment, and Wallace Johnson’s […]...
B y KABS KANU : NEVER before in the history of Sierra Leone has any President constructed so many state-of-the art edifices and highways as President Ernest Bai Koroma has done in only 7 years of leadership. The late President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah spent 11 years in power but you cannot pinpoint any noticeable […]...
[Sierra Leone Government]By State House Communications Unit...
[State Department]Press Statement from John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State ...
Added by Kabbs Kanu on April 28, 2014. By Sulay Conteh : Sierra Leone was colonized by Britain, a form of imperialism that is deeply despised in today’s free world. It was the SLPP Party that valorously led Sierra Leone from colonial imperialism to the noble club of independent nations in April 1961. Bathing in that valorous […]...
[Independent]Abuja -As Nigeria battles with the Boko Haram insurgency, the Sierre Leonian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Olufemi Macauley has called on countries of the world, especially neighbouring ones, to collaborate with the Federal Government to help fight insurgency and terrorism....
Added by Kabbs Kanu on April 28, 2014. Saved under COMMENTARY, TOP STORY On the Occasion of the Republic of Sierra Leone’s National Day Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 25, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send best wishes to Sierra Leoneans as you celebrate 53 […]...
[CAF]Malawi and Sierra Leone have booked their places into the second round of the Orange CAF U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 qualifiers....
The Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma has received a Twenty Five Million United States Dollars Grant as Budgetary support from the International Development Association (IDA/World Bank). Sierra Leone’s Ambassador accredited to the United States of America, His Excellency Bockari Kortu Stevens signed the documents regarding the project otherwise known as “sixth Governance Reform and […]...
In one of his first assignments as Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the Republic of Korea, Amb Omrie Golley has paid a courtesy call on the Dean of the African Group of Ambassadors, Nigerian Ambassador to Korea HE Desmond Akawor. He was warmly welcomed to Seoul on behalf of the African Group of Ambassadors stationed […]...
By: Amadu Femoh Sesay The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) on Friday 18th April organized a welcome and congratulation dinner in honor of the Special Adviser to the President and Ambassador At Large, Prof. Dr. Monty Jones for his good work and tremendous support especially to the institution, the country and the world as […]...
By: Amadu Femoh Sesay Information Officer-Cabinet Secretariat The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Ernest Sahid Alie Surrur has expressed dismay about the inability of some Permanent Secretaries and Professional Heads of Ministries to submit their Performance Targets for 2014 and warned that the HRMO will stop their […]...
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on sexual violence in conflict, in New York today April 25, 2016 I thank Nigeria for convening this important debate. Conflict-related sexual violence is an issue of pressing importance. This grave human rights abuse is as destructive as any […]...
Added by junior on April 26, 2014. Saved under COMMENTARY, TOP STORY The Security Council today urged the United Nations sanctions committees to apply targeted sanctions against parties committing sexual violence during armed conflict. Ahead of a debate on the subject that attracted more than 60 speakers, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2016 (2013), by which it urged the inclusion […]...
By KABS KANU : One of President Ernest Koroma’s enduring legacies that will forever remain indelible footprints in the sands of time is his foresight and commitment to spread his socio-economic and political developments around the country. This is a rare quality that must be emphasized and celebrated. Whereas many African leaders deliver development projects […]...
By John Baimba Sesay : Much has been postulated about an issue that appears to be coming from Sierra Leoneans regarding President Ernest Bai Koroma. This has to do with whether he is going for another term after the end of his con constitutional 2 terms as President. The trend I have noticed […]...
By KABS KANU It has been reiterated that Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma has no intentions to seek a third term. The Deputy Publicity Secretary of the ruling All People’s Congress ( APC ) , Mr. Cornelius Devereaux , has told the AWARENESS TIMES newspaper exactly what officials of the Government have been saying on […]...
[Sierra Leone Government]The Sierra Leone Institute of International Law (SLIIL) has said the leadership style of President Ernest Bai Koroma makes Sierra Leoneans to "walk tall with their heads held high in global corridors of justice and human rights"....