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By Alpha Abu President Julius Maada Bio has set up a high-powered delegation comprising senior security officials to travel to Conakry soon for talks with the Guinean authorities over the disputed border village of Yenga along the Makona River in the Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. It follows a recent incursion by Guinean soldiers into Yenga, which saw them erecting huge
By Alpha Abu Members of the All Political Parties Association (APPA) have questioned the 11. 9% per total district votes that a party must have under the Proportional Representation System of voting in this year’s election to ensure Parliamentary and Local Council seats. This was among a series of concerns raised in a statement released by APPA during a Press Conference at The
By Alpha Abu In what is seen as a big coup for the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), the outgoing Mayor of Koidu in Kono District, Komba Mathew Sam joined the party in a well-attended declaration ceremony on Wednesday 1st March that was witnessed by President Julius Maada Bio. The mayor who was occupying the position under the Coalition for Change (C4C) ticket
By Alpha Abu The frontier village of Yenga town which is at the centre of a dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea has reportedly been entered into by Guinean soldiers who were said to have this time erected concrete pillars to demarcate boundaries between the two countries. The latest move by the Guinean forces if confirmed would be the first time they have taken such an
By Alpha Abu President Julius Maada Bio says the operations of the new Freetown International Airport will generate economic growth and sustainable development. He told thousands of people who attended the formal opening of the complex in Lungi last Friday that he would now like to see more carriers take advantage of Sierra Leone’s strategic location to make it a traffic hub