Dear Mr. President, When your government, on 9th April this year, announced the suspension of timber exportation with “immediate effect”, it felt like the start of a course correction for [Read more]
Just two weeks ago, I finished reading one of the most fascinating books in my life called “Why Nations Fail”. After reading the book, I appreciate how far we have [Read more]
Sierra Leone is a nice country for many reasons; it is one of the few countries where political irony (ies) and coincidence form the fabric of humanity. The recent elections [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE The general public is hereby informed that it has pleased His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio to announce the following appointments subject to the approval of Parliament where [Read more]
SPEAKER, HONOURABLE VICE-PRESIDENT, HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE, MINISTERS OF GOVERNMENT HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, EXCELLENCIES, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Let me start by thanking the people [Read more]
HANDING OVER NOTES OF FORMER PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA OF SIERRA LEONE TO MARK INAUGURATION OF H.E. PRESIDENT DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO SLATED FOR SATURDAY 12TH MAY, 2018 Your [Read more]
Two seismic shifts have taken place in the last two months in the West African state of Sierra Leone. Firstly, the man once described as a pariah presidential candidate because [Read more]
MEDIA RELEASE His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has appointed a new Chief Minister of the Government of Sierra Leone as part of his efforts to ensure that his new [Read more]
GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE Office of the President 57th Independence Anniversary Broadcast to the Nation by His Excellency the President Julius Maada Bio on Friday, 27th April 2018 Fellow [Read more]
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said South Africa’s former President of blessed memory-Nelson Madiba Mandela. Motivated by this, Sierra Leone’s 7th [Read more]
APC National Secretary General, Ambassador Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh confirmed today the petitioning of 53 newly elected Members of Parliament from both the APC and SLPP. SLPP has petitioned 21 [Read more]
After a week of successful Commonwealth Summit in London, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Doha, Qatar on Saturday 21st April 2018 for a state visit on [Read more]
Opening Remarks by Brigadier (Rtd.) Julius Maada Bio President of the Republic of Sierra Leone At the Joint International Monetary Fund and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development High-Level Forum [Read more]
The Office of the President wishes to inform the general public that effective immediately: All Public Sector Workers and Government Ministers are required to be in Office at 8:30am until [Read more]
Sierra Leone makes history again- of the right type this time. The country has engineered a second turn-over of government, in its young democratic life- with a bit of a [Read more]
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