By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia Worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah are now offering prayers without social distancing. The lifting of social distancing during prayers is the first of restrictions to be lifted since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The imams of Masjid Al-Haram and
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*_State House, Freetown, Wednesday 2 March 2022 -_* Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan, has called at the presidency to pay a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, during a short ceremony. He said he was happy and honoured to be in Sierra Leone,
Riyadh, Thursday, February 24, 2022- Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Jalloh has concluded a follow-up meeting with the Director of African Countries Affairs in the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mohammed Hussain Madani, in which the two discussed issues related to the last visit of Professor David J. Francis,
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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone, has concluded highly successful meetings with the Saudi Fund for Development and the King Salman Center for Humanitarian Aid and Relief in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Professor David J. Francis held a fruitful meeting with Dr. Sultan Al-Marshad, Chief
Riyadh, Monday, January 31, 2022- Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has assured Sierra Leonean students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of job opportunities upon completion of their courses and subsequent return home. Professor David J. Francis was speaking during an interactive meeting with a cross section of Sierra Leonean nationals
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Riyadh, Thursday, 27th January, 2022– Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has sought support from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Sierra Leone’s bid for a seat in the United Nations Security Council in the Non-Permanent category for 2024- 2025. In his statement, Professor David J. Francis commended his counterpart, His Highness,
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of condolence and sympathy to His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio of the Republic of Sierra Leone following the fuel tanker explosion at Wellington, Freetown, that claimed the lives of scores of people and left many
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 22nd June 2021 The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are set to sign a cooperation agreement that would strengthen stronger bilateral relations between the two countries. The agreement between the two countries would promote cooperation between the two nations in the areas of trade,
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By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sierra Leoneans both home and abroad were in a jubilant mood after the country’s national team, Leone Stars, trashed the Squirrels of Benin by a goal to nil at the Lansana Conteh Stadium in Conakry, Guinea on Tuesday evening to qualify for the AFCON tournament for the first time
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Credit: State House Communications Unit State House, Freetown Wednesday 9 June 2021– His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has been recognised as Press Freedom Champion by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, whose leadership paid tribute to his government’s repeal of the obnoxious 1965 law successive governments used to jail journalists. “I want