Presidential Lodge, Freetown, Saturday 31 October, 2020 – High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and former Dean of the Diplomatic Community in Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr Ibrahim Habis Ugbada, has called at the Presidential Lodge to bid farewell to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio. He…

State House, Freetown, Friday 30 October, 2020 – South African High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, resident in Accra, Ghana, Her Excellency Lulu Xingwana, has called on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio to bid farewell after almost five years of tour of mission. She thanked the President and people…

Freetown International Conference Centre, Friday 30 October, 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has inaugurated the Government Civil Society Organisations, CSO, Dialogue Series and hoped that the public engagement will help strengthen and consolidate the country’s democratic values. “I am tasking my Government to infuse more candour…

BBC CUE: Journalists in Sierra Leone have called it “a watershed moment” or even Liberation Day. The country’s president, Julius Maada Bio, yesterday signed repeal of a 55-year-old media law campaigners around the world have called repressive. The Criminal and Seditious Libel Law has been in place for more than…

State House, Freetown, Wednesday 28 October 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has publicly signed the amended law, effectively repealing the 55-year-old seditious libel section of the Public Order Act 1965 that criminalised free speech and stifled journalism in the West African nation.  “I have always argued…

State House, Freetown, Monday 26 October, 2020 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has met with Commissioners of the Independent Media Commission, IMC, applauded their efforts and urged them to deliver on a progressive media landscape. Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, introduced the media regulators to…

Moyamba, Southern Province, Saturday 24 October 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned 7 primary and 5 junior secondary schools, 11 community health posts, boreholes, a hospital and 2 brand new ambulances under the aegis of the National Commission for Social Action, NaCSA, south of the…

Gbinti, Dibia Chiefdom, Karene District, Friday 23 October 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned 16 infrastructure sub-projects completed by the National Commission for Social Action, NaCSA, and handed over schools and health centres to the people of Gbinti, northern Sierra Leone. With funds from the…

State House, Freetown, Thursday 22 October, 2020 – The new United Nations Resident Coordinator to Sierra Leone, Babatunde Ahonsi, has called on President Dr Julius Maada Bio to present his letter of appointment by the UN Secretary General. ”It is with utmost humility and great honour that I present my…