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17/11/2025

*Sierra Leone’s President Bio Chairs UN Security Council Debate, Calls Starvation a “Crime” and Food Security a Global Peace Imperative*

*UN Headquarters, New York, USA, Tuesday, 17 November 2025* - His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority, today presided over a high-level United Nations Security Council open debate on “Threats to International Peace and Security: Conflict-Related Food Insecurity” at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Addressing the Council for the second time in two years during Sierra Leone’s tenure, President Bio warned that hunger is increasingly being used as a weapon of war and called for stronger global action to prevent the deliberate starvation of civilians. He stressed that such acts are prohibited under international law and constitute war crimes.

The President highlighted that conflicts across regions—from Gaza and Sudan to Haiti, Ukraine, and the Sahel, continue to devastate food systems, destroy livelihoods, and deepen humanitarian crises. He described starvation as a “slow, silent, corrosive” form of violence that fuels instability, displacement, and renewed conflict.

President Bio outlined three core messages saying starvation is not collateral damage but a crime; food insecurity is both a driver of conflict and a peacebuilding imperative; and sustainable peace requires investment in agricultural resilience, markets, and human capital, especially women and youth.

He presented Sierra Leone’s Feed Salone Initiative as a national model demonstrating that food security is integral to the peace and development nexus. The four-pillar programme, production, resilience, markets and value chains, and human capital, aims to strengthen productivity, reduce import dependence, and build climate-smart systems that secure stable livelihoods.

At the regional level, President Bio emphasized ECOWAS efforts to integrate food security into peacebuilding, early warning, and trade frameworks, including the expansion of the ECOWAS Food Security Reserve and the ECOWARN early warning network.

Proposing six concrete global actions, the President urged the Council to protect food systems in conflict zones, institutionalize early-warning mechanisms, safeguard humanitarian access, advance accountability for starvation crimes, link peacebuilding finance to agriculture and livelihoods, and prioritize the empowerment of women and youth across agricultural value chains.

He affirmed that Africa does not seek sympathy but partnership, noting that the continent holds the majority of the world’s uncultivated arable land and significant youth-driven innovative potential. Preventing future wars, he stressed, requires treating food security as central to peace and security rather than a secondary humanitarian concern.

President Bio concluded by calling on the global community to “ensure that no child is starved into submission, no harvest held hostage, and no community driven to violence by hunger,” urging nations to align moral conscience with international law and collective action.

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16/04/2025

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Oversees Over NLe 62 Million Community Payout and Groundbreaking of $230M Processing Plant In Tonkolili

Leone Rock Mining Site, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, April 15, 2025- His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio presided over a landmark event in the heart of Sierra Leone’s mining region, Tonkolili District, marking a significant milestone in the country’s extractive industry. The occasion was the formal handover of over Sixty-Two Million, Two Hundred and Fourteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighteen New Leones (NLe 62,214,818.88), equivalent to USD 2,749,364.48, to primary host communities within the concession areas of Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG), formerly known as Kingho Mining Company.

This payment represents 1% of LRMG’s annual gross revenue, in fulfillment of the company’s statutory obligation under the Community Development Agreement (CDA), a legal framework embedded in Sierra Leone’s mining legislation. The CDA ensures that communities hosting mining operations benefit directly from the revenues generated by extractive activities in their areas.

President Bio lauded the initiative as a clear demonstration of his government’s commitment to ensuring transparency, accountability, and inclusivity in the mining sector. He emphasized that this payment aligns with his administration’s broader vision to formalize and regularize how mining-affected communities derive tangible benefits from resource extraction.

“This is a proud moment for our nation and particularly for the people of Tonkolili. Today’s event is a testament to our policy direction, that communities must not be bystanders but active beneficiaries of the wealth beneath their soil,” President Bio stated during the ceremony.

In addition to the CDA disbursement, the event was further marked by the laying of the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Magnetite Processing Plant. The facility, once completed, will have the capacity to process 12 mill

11/04/2025

09/04/2025

West African Pharmacists Honour Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio for Transformative Leadership and Human Capital Development

State House, Freetown, Wednesday, 9 April 2025– His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has been conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists in recognition of his enduring legacy and outstanding leadership in advancing human capital development in Sierra Leone.

In his remarks during the ceremony, President of the College, Mr. Alhaji Mutada Sesay, expressed profound appreciation to President Bio for his unwavering political will and commitment to the development of the region’s healthcare and human capital.

“Your Excellency, the honour we are about to bestow upon you today is well deserved. It is a recognition not only of your achievements but also an inspiration for many to follow your footsteps now and in the future,” Mr. Sesay stated.

He further noted that during this year’s 37th Annual General Meeting, the Council had closely examined the significant strides made under President Bio’s leadership in key areas of national development. The unanimous recommendation to induct the President as an Honorary Fellow, he said, was particularly influenced by the government’s swift and decisive action in declaring the Kush drug crisis a Public Health Emergency in 2024, a move that demonstrated strong leadership and commitment to social development.

Also speaking at the event, the Secretary-General of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Professor Ibrahim Oreagba, emphasized the global significance of the Honorary Fellowship. He noted that the distinction is reserved for world leaders who have made notable contributions to public health and human development.

“It is now my singular honour and privilege to robe His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as an Honorary Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists,” Prof. Oreagb

09/04/2025

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07/04/2025

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Receives Ireland’s Minister of State for International Development

State House, Freetown, 7 April 2025- His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio today received Mr. Neale Richmond, Ireland’s Minister of State for International Development and the Diaspora, who is in Sierra Leone on a brief working visit.

In a brief statement during the meeting at State House, Minister Richmond expressed his gratitude to President Bio for making time to receive him. He noted that his visit was aimed at assessing the work of the Irish Embassy in Sierra Leone and further strengthening the bilateral relations between the two nations.

“It is a pleasure for me to also formally hand over Sierra Leone’s agreemo for the establishment of its embassy in Ireland,” Minister Richmond announced.

In response, President Bio warmly welcomed the visiting minister and acknowledged the longstanding and fruitful relationship between Sierra Leone and Ireland. He highlighted the significant collaboration between both countries, particularly in the areas of education and women’s empowerment.

The President described the establishment of Sierra Leone’s embassy in Ireland as a testament to his government’s unwavering commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and deepening diplomatic engagement.

He concluded by reaffirming his government’s continued support to working with the Irish Government and its Embassy in Sierra Leone.

04/04/2025

Nearly appointed three Ambassador and one Deputy Ambassador to the United States France,and the Kingdom of Belgium came together at State House to bid farewell, to His Excellent President Julius Maada Bio

04/04/2025

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03/04/2025

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