Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Pays Respect and Mourns the Death of Deputy Minister of Mines
Methodist Church, Brookfields, Freetown, Thursday 5 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today joined family members, friends and sympathisers to mourn the death of Madam Evelyn Daphne Blackie, former Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources. A funeral and communion service was held at the…
Read MoreJournalists Association Executive Meets President Julius Maada Bio, commends Government’s efforts on the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law in Sierra Leone
State House, Freetown, 4 December 2019 – The new executive of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, has met His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio for the first time to commend government’s efforts at repealing Part V of the 1965 Public Order Act that criminalises libel. Presenting the…
Read MoreSierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio warns against bad governance, corruption that can destroy civic space and democracy in Anglophone West Africa
Atlantic Hotel, Freetown, Tuesday 3 December 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told the Judicial Training Workshop and Dialogue for Anglophone West Africa that bad political governance and corruption restrict civic space and destroy democratic polity. The gathering of distinguished lawyers from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana…
Read MoreSierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio launches first national drone corridor in West Africa
Njala University, Southern Sierra Leone, Friday 29 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has said that his government is indeed proud to launch the first national drone corridor in West Africa and putting innovative technology to the service of Sierra Leone’s development aspirations. “As I have…
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President Julius Maada Bio says improvement in science and technology is fundamental to development in Sierra Leone Mile 91, Tonkolili District, Friday 29 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told students at the Canadian College of Modern Technology in Mile 91 that improvement in science…
Read MoreStatement by His Excellency Dr Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, at the Commissioning of the Sierra Leone National Drone Corridor, Njala – 29 November, 2019
President Julius Maada Bio Launches Urban Mobility Project, Highlights Cost of Freetown’s Congestion
Miatta Conference Hall, Freetown, Wednesday 28 November 2019 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the Sierra Leone Integrated Resilient Urban Mobility Project, highlighting the huge monetary, environmental and health costs on congestion in Freetown. “There is a heavy direct and indirect cost to congestion. Alongside our…
Read MoreWorld Bank Executive Director says Lungi Bridge will be the greatest achievement for Sierra Leone
State Lodge, Freetown, Thursday 28 November 2019 – Executive Director at the World Bank Group for Africa Group 1 Constituency, Anne Kabagambe, has said in a meeting with His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio that government’s vision to construct the Lungi bridge will be one of the greatest achievements…
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