State House, Freetown Wednesday 9 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio today witnessed the handing over, by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, of 206 electronic tablets to Paramount Chiefs, Tribal Heads who seek to monitor schools in their localities. The President emphasised that…

Lumley Beach, Freetown, Tuesday 8 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received participants of the Budapest-Bamako Rally in Freetown, dubbed the world’s largest amateur vehicular rally and a 19-day event that saw 600 participants with 250 vehicles and 350 motorbikes taking part. “Today, I am…

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE TO THE UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Introduces Draft Resolution to Declare November 18 the “World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence” at the UN General…

Sumbuya, Southern Province, Friday 4 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has commissioned the 42-million-dollar manufacturing facility of Sierra Tropical Limited, the country’s first mega pineapple juice producer with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes per annum.   He told the massive gathering, who had converged on…

Tikonko Town, Southern Province, Friday 4 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has continued his working visit to towns and villages, south of the country, engaging his people on his achievements since 2018 and warning young people against drug abuse. In Tikonko, where he presented the…

Taninahun Banta, Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom, Bo District, Thursday 3 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio is on a four-day working visit to the southern province, starting in a town hall with leaders, women and young people in Taninahun and commissioned a project in Serabu, known for its…

State House, Freetown, Thursday 3 November 2022 – Sierra Leone has passed 11 out of the 20 indicators on the Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, the scorecard for 2023, making it the country’s fourth consecutive pass since the government of Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio in 2018. The compacts…

Bai Bureh Road, Kissy, Freetown, Tuesday 1 November 2022 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received agricultural machinery from the Chinese Government to boost the country’s efforts at tackling food insecurity through modern farming techniques. The consignment includes 400 Mobile Rice Threshers, 400 Winnowers, 60 Rice Whiteners,…