Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday 6 October 2018 – President Bio and First Lady, Fatima Bio, have visited 34 Military, Connaught and Emergency Hospitals in West and Central Freetown to sympathise with victims of two fatal road crashes involving military and police personnel. The visit started at the military-run hospital on…
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New York, United States, Wednesday 3 October 2018 – Her Excellency Mrs Fatima Bio, First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, has told young Africans that when women are empowered in Africa then Africa will be empowered. She made this statement during an inspiring valedictory speech at the United…
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New York, United States – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has said that access to justice is central to the development of Sierra Leone while making his keynote address at the ‘Justice 2030: Time for Action’ high-level event in New York. Addressing lawyers, diplomats, activists and members of Open…
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As world leaders have been gathering in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly, the memory of the late Kofi Annan looms large in our minds. Despite Annan’s achievement in breaking the glass ceiling for black Africans and becoming the first black African to become the secretary general of the…
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New York, United States Monday 1 October 2018 – Government of Sierra Leone, represented by the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr Alpha Tejan Wurie, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Varian Medical Systems to establish the first radiotherapy centre in Sierra Leone. The agreement, which was signed on…
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New York, United States, Friday 28 September 2018 – Popular African-American Singer, Songwriter, businessman, record producer, actor and philanthropist, Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam has promised 5,000 solar street lights and 2,500 traffic lights to support President Bio’s New Direction agenda in Sierra Leone. During a courtesy call on President…
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New York, USA Wednesday 26 September 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has shared his ideas and commitment to education and innovation, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with United States’ billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates. At the second annual Goalkeepers’ event, where…
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State House, Freetown, Sunday, 23 September 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has departed for the United States of America to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York before meeting Sierra Leoneans in Washing DC. As Coordinator of the African Union Committee…
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