Dakar, Senegal, Monday 1 April 2024 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Dakar to grace the swearing-in ceremony of His Excellency Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President-elect of the Republic of Senegal. The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday 2 April 2024 at the Diamniadio Exhibition Centre and…

As we celebrate the #resurrection of Jesus Christ, let us rejoice in the radiance of the renewed faith, hope and love that #Easter brings. As Christians, we rejoice in the triumph of good over evil, hope over despair, love over hate and life over death. Just as the resurrection symbolises…

Bo Government Secondary School, Southern Region, Friday 29 March 2024 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received an outstanding award from the Old Bo School Boys Association, OBBA, for his outstanding contributions to the Bo School and the government at the school’s 118 Speech Day and Prize-Giving…

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University of Pennsylvania, USA, Monday 25 March 2024 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio will today, Monday 25 March 2024, deliver the Third Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, at 5:30 PM EDT (9:30 PM in Freetown). During the Distinguished Lecture with…

Presidential Lodge, Hill Station, Freetown, Monday 18 March 2024  – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received the World Bank Country Director for Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia on a courtesy call to his office, where he discussed government priority agenda and their plans to invest in food…

Food is what sustains us – or at least it should be. But our food systems are currently failing us at both an individual and planetary level. Rather than nourishing us with healthy, affordable food, a third of the global population cannot afford a healthy diet, whilst one in ten…