Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio turned one year in office on 4 April 2019. It followed his declaration by the National Electoral Commission on that date in 2018 as the candidate duly elected after receiving the most votes in the runoff election.
President Bio sat down with Umaru Fofana at State House for a self assessment of his stewardship.
Umaru Fofana: Mr. President, it’s one year since your election what would you say your achievements have been?
GPE’s CEO ‘powerfully impressed’ by Sierra Leone’s education plan
By Kemo Cham
Despite the troubles its education system has gone through, Sierra Leone is on track to achieving the global goals on education, says Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
By Mohamed Turah Massaquoi
In recent years, there has been an increasing alarm of Armed Robbery in the southern regional headquarter town of Bo and its surrounding districts. Despite the fact that much has been invested in the security sector by the government and its international partners in ensuring the prevalence of peace following the end of the civil war, the result shows very little to be desired.
By Kemo Cham
Sierra Leone has joined the growing list of countries whose governments are pushing to abandon the practice of chaining people with mental health disorders; but campaigners say the move, which is part of an ongoing reform of the country's mental health sector, is just a tiny step in a long journey.
They are particularly concerned about government funding, which they say is crucial to fix the effect of decades of neglect of mental health issues in the country.
By Kemo Cham
The imposing view of a mountain at the distant horizon is almost impossible to miss on entering Koidu, the administrative town of Sierra Leone’s Kono District.
This artificial mountain is the result of over a decade of excavation and blasting of kimberlite rocks, and has become the symbol of the dark side of what’s supposed to be a blessing for this mineral resource-endowed land – diamonds.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
