Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, succeeding Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was made at the 67th Ordinary Summit of the regional bloc, which was held on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria. President Bio will serve a […]
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China business interests in Africa: Sierra Leone rejects 300 million dollar Chinese airport project launched in March
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. Face2face Africa reports that the project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new […]