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By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone says his country is in a debt crisis that his administration and partners of the government must address urgently. He made the statement April 13, 2018. The Sierra Leonean President made this disclosure at State House during a meeting with the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, development partners and public officials. He said the initial assessment by the Governance Transition Team reveals that his administration will be faced with the worse economic situation since independence. According to…

Press Release The Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville was a scene of attraction on Thursday, April 26, 2018, as hundreds of elderly people gathered to benefit from the First Lady’s initiative to feed them, a press release has said. Elderly men and women, including persons with the visually impaired and physically challenged, made their way to the Complex to grab their ration despite the heavy downpour. With each receiving a plastic-bag of assorted food items comprising rice, tins of canned fish, beans and flour among others, the elderly people could not hold back praises to the Liberian First…

Press Release After a week of intensive engagement, knowledge sharing of experiences and technical ideas, the Mayor of Monrovia Jefferson T. Koijee on Friday April 27, 2017 presented a strategic action plan of the city of Monrovia at the World Bank donors’ conference. According to a press statement issued in Monrovia, April 29, said as part of his presentation, Mayor Koijee stressed the need for more donor support towards key priorities of the city government, which include projects on youth development; solid waste value chain investment; agriculture (urban farming and horticulture); infrastructure; youth rehabilitation; slums upgrading; and solar energy amongst…

By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor in Monrovia Until recently ArcelorMittal had easy ride even while it failed to keep its part of the contract under the concession agreement to pave the road from Ganta to Sanniquellie and Yekepa in Nimba County, but the Government of Liberia, under President George Weah is getting tough with the multi billion dollar company. The Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs and other relevant agencies have summoned the management of Arcelor Mittal for a conference for the company alleged breach of contract to adhere to some portions of the concession agreement signed with the government.…

By Joseph S. Margai in Beijing, China The Director of the International Liaison Department of the All China Journalists Association, Rong Changhai, has disclosed that at a special meeting in Beijing organized by the China-Africa Press Center recently that in January 2014, they established an aid scheme to compensate Chinese journalists, when they get injured in the course of discharging their lawful responsibilities. Chanhai said since they started the program, they have dished out 1.9 million Chinese Yuan, which is equivalent to over US$302,147 and over two billion Sierra Leonean Leones (Le2bn) to 30 journalists who had been injured or…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) is at the center of power outage controversy as residents of Freetown accuse the Company of sabotaging the government of President Julius Maada Bio due to intermittent electricity supply. According to the residents, they have been getting irregular electricity supply in the Capital of Freetown since Julius Maaada Bio was elected as president of the Country. Ibrihim Bangura, is a resident of Kissy community in Freetown, said that many days have passed without having light and it started the night after the oath of office was…

Journalists covering the legislature have complained the House Speaker Bhofal Chambers to Media Council of the Press Union of Liberia for his alleged action of ordering his security officers to ‘drag legislative reporters out’. The journalists had gone to ask Mr. Chambers for copy of his academic credentials. In a statement issued by the journalists said, “We, E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor of New Dawn Newspaper, Austin Kawah of Prime, Sandi Kamara of the Institute For Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) and Jackson C. Clay, Jr, of New Republic Newspaper write to formally complain the Speaker of the House of Representatives,…

By Hasbin Shaw in Freetown, Sierra Leone Head coach of the Sierra Leone under 20 Shooting Stars Coach Ken Tabi has said that his main focus now is to see the U-20 team win on Saturday April 21 2018 in the ongoing AFCON 2019 U20 preliminary in the African Youth Championship Qualifiers at the Bo Stadium. The first leg ended 1-0 away in favor of Guinea-Bissau. He said the boys are in intensive preparation ahead of Saturday decisive encounter against their Guinea- Bissau counterparts at the Bo Stadium Southern Region. He said that the team has increased training schedule to twice a…

Press Release Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is projected to reach 3.1 percent in 2018, and to average 3.6 percent in 2019–20, says Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies conducted by the World Bank, released today. The growth forecasts are premised on expectations that oil and metals prices will remain stable, and that governments in the region will implement reforms to address macroeconomic imbalances and boost investment. “Growth has rebounded in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not fast enough. We are still far from pre-crisis growth levels,” said Albert G. Zeufack, World Bank Chief Economist for the Africa Region.…

Press Release President George Manneh Weah has renewed his government’s commitment to upholding the tenets of press freedom and the protection of Liberian journalists. He told media executives that he harbors no hate for them and their work, contrary to insinuations about his commitment to a press media environment. The Liberian leader said his relationship with the media spanned over the years and assured Liberians and the media that he remains an ardent supporter of free speech, and freedom of the press. President Weah spoke Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during an interactive engagement with executives of the Liberian media at…