By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leoneans both home and abroad were in a jubilant mood after the country’s national team, Leone Stars, trashed the Squirrels of Benin by a goal to nil at the Lansana Conteh Stadium in Conakry, Guinea on Tuesday evening to qualify for the AFCON tournament for the first time […]

Credit State House Communications Unit State House, Freetown Wednesday 9 June 2021– His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has been recognised as Press Freedom Champion by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, whose leadership paid tribute to his government’s repeal of the obnoxious 1965 law successive governments used to jail journalists. “I want

By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia  During his recent interview on Sierra Leone’s popular breakfast programme “Good Mornin Salone” on Radio Democracy F.M 98.1 on April 4, 2021, marking his third anniversary in office as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio said that school pupils would remember

In tune with the flagship programme of His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s Free Quality Education, the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia will be offering scholarships for students who excell in the coming years of the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to pursue undergraduate courses in Engineering, Accounting and Computer Sciences,

  Sierra Leoneans in Saudi Arabia are mourning the death of a Patriot, Pa Ishmail Bakr Conteh who passed away in Riyadh on Friday, 16 February 2021 following a short illness. Pa Ishmail Bakr Conteh, was a career teacher who rendered free educational services to children of Sierra Leonean nationals in Riyadh (after the closure

As a way of soliciting support for His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio’s Free Quality Education (FQE), the Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh has engaged the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). WAMY is an international Islamic educational and Youth organization whose purpose is to preserve

In support of His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s Human Capital Development, the Government of Sierra Leone is to benefit from health and educational support projects worth Twenty-five Million United Sates Dollars ($25,000,000) from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). This was discussed when the Sierra Leone Ambassador, His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh paid

The Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Dr Ibrahim Jalloh and the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman in Riyadh, His Highness Faisal bin Turki Al Seed have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The mutual agreement was reached during

    The Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sierra Leone accredited to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh on Thursday, 18th February, 2021 presented his Letters of Credence to His Majesty, Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. The