Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2021: Just three days after commemorating Sierra Leone’s 60 years of independence from British colonial rule which most Sierra Leoneans are of the opinion that after 60 years the people of Sierra Leone have nothing to celebrate or shout about, president Bio has today announced [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2021: Dr Julius Maada Bio today granted Sierra Leonean citizenship and presented the country’s passport to a group of African Americans Returning Home. Addressing the new citizens of Sierra Leone, this is what the president said: May I reconfirm what you have already experienced – [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio honoured 91 deserving recipients of the Presidential Award at a ceremony held at State House to commemorate Sierra Leone’s 60th Independence Anniversary on 27 April 2021. The Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Commander [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2021: President Julius Maada Bio yesterday commemorated Sierra Leone’s 60th Independence Anniversary, not with his fellow seven million citizens of Sierra Leone – many of whom had to stay indoors unable to come out into the streets, due to heavily armed security forces patrolling the [Read More]

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2021: Happy Independence anniversary! Sixty years of our independence calls for celebrations. But what exactly do we celebrate? In examining our progress as a nation over this period, one has to put things in the right perspective. Our population has changed over this [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2021: Fellow Citizens. Today, we commemorate sixty years of our country’s independence. We do so by reflecting on the vision, great sacrifice, and courage of those who led, those who helped them lead, and those who embraced their leadership to usher in our sovereignty as [Read More]