Africa Sierra Leone The Lungi Bridge could have a significant positive impact on the economy, allowing a direct link between the capital Freetown and the airport; located in Lungi, on the other bank of the Tagrin Bay estuary, makes transfers difficult
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy discussed the Peace Formula and the 'Wheat from Ukraine' initiative
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leoneans from around the world travelled to New York to lodge a complaint with the UN Secretary-General against the human rights violations and extrajudicial and politically motivated crimes committed by President Bio since he came to power in 2018
Africa Sierra Leone A team of mediators from ECOWAS and the African Union has concluded the post-election talks between the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party, the National Electoral Commission and the main opposition party All People's Congress in Freetown
Africa Sierra Leone The 24th Chinese medical team in the country provided medical care services to some schoolchildren in Jui, a town in the western area of Sierra Leone
Africa Sierra Leone Golley Agricultural Development Sierra Leone Limited, founded by former ambassador to South Korea Omrie Golley, will introduce drip irrigation in an attempt to defy seasonality with minimum water use
Africa Sierra Leone A 43-year-old man, concerned that he will have to live indefinitely with a facial tumor, was the first to undergo surgery aboard the Global Mercy, the world's largest civilian hospital ship, at the port of Freetown
Africa Sierra Leone Turkey's Karpowership - a barge-mounted, fully integrated floating power plant - has cut power supply to capital Freetown because of an outstanding debt of about $40 million, the West African country's energy minister told Reuters
Africa Sierra Leone Mercy Ships' Global Mercy has arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where it will spend 10 months at the invitation of President Julius Maada Bio to provide free specialized surgeries and targeted training for health workers until June 2024
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has opened an orientation seminar on public service systems for ministers and deputy ministers, a component of the administrative orientation program he established in his first term
Africa Sierra Leone Sierra Leone police said they have arrested several people, including senior military officers, in connection with a suspected coup plot
Africa Sierra Leone New Parliament will have the largest female representation in country's history, 41 legislators, more than double of last election, but it could have been higher if new law reserving 30% of leadership roles for women had been followed correctly
Africa Sierra Leone Authorities in Sierra Leone have banned the movement of livestock from Liberia and the import of meat from the neighboring country due to the still unexplained death of 36 cows in a border area