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Ex-junta leader sworn in as new Sierra Leone President

April 5, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Julius Maada Bio, opposition candidate and former military junta leader, who briefly ruled Sierra Leone in 1996, was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president […]

Morocco, first destination for direct foreign investments in Africa

March 27, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Morocco has been ranked as the first destination of foreign direct investments on the African continent in the 2018 Africa Investment Index (AII) released by […]

AU launches world’s largest free-trade area, biggest economies out

March 22, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Forty-four African countries on Wednesday launched a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people. But Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s biggest economies […]

Sierra Leone: run-off vote set for March 27

March 14, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

The chief commissioner of the National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone on Tuesday declared the candidate of Sierra Leone People’s Party, Julius Maada Bio, winner […]

Opposition cries foul as Sierra Leone picks new leader

March 9, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Opposition parties in Sierra Leone on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the general election’s outcome as vote count is underway in the tiny West African […]

Sierra Leone: 16 candidates eyeing country’s top job

March 6, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Voters in Sierra Leone will head to the polls on Wednesday to choose a replacement for President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is stepping down after […]

U.S. lifts visa sanctions on Gambian officials

December 13, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United States on Tuesday announced the lifting of visa sanctions imposed on Gambian officials last year after the West African nation has reportedly refused […]

Sierra Leone sells its egg-sized 709-carat diamond for $6.5 million

December 5, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The government of Sierra Leone has sold a 709-carat rough diamond, named the ‘peace diamond’, at an auction in New York on Monday, fetching a […]

Sierra Leone: Opposition party headquarters set ablaze

August 30, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The headquarters of an opposition party in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, was set to fire on Tuesday, local police said. The fire occurred […]