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On Thursday this week, Deputy High Commissioner Mrs. Yvonne King Odigboh attended a Service of Thanksgiving and Reflection to mark the 80th anniversary of Christian Aid—a faith-based international development organisation founded in 1945 by British and Irish churches in response to the refugee crisis after World War II. Over the decades, Christian Aid has grown...

The Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom demonstrated strong support for a series of community-driven fundraising events held across London on Saturday 7th June, 2025. High Commission officials were present at three key events: the 10th Anniversary of the Miss Ebony Awards Night, the Woman Tinap Dinner & Dance, and the 70th Anniversary...

𝐎𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 At the prestigious Oxford Africa Conference 2025, held on the eve of Africa Day, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered a powerful keynote address calling for Africans to reclaim the narrative about their continent and assert “African Agency” in shaping their own destinies. Speaking under the theme...

London, UK. May 21st 2025. At the just concluded 2025 Education World Forum (EWF) in London, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, and Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Mr. Conrad Sackey, engaged in high-level discussions aimed at shaping the future of global education. Participating in a pivotal...

London, UK Wednesday, 21st May 2025 Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, has signed a transformative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with *Agilix Labs, Inc.*, a leading U.S.-based educational technology company, to establish the *Future Learning Institute (FLI)*—a pioneering initiative poised to revolutionise vocational and higher education in Sierra Leone...

Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, today Friday 16th May, 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Sierra Leone High Commission in Holborn, London, where he was warmly received by High Commissioner H.E. Dr. Morie Manyeh, Deputy High Commissioner Mrs. Yvonne King Odigboh, and staff of the Mission. Dr. Manyeh welcomed the Chief...

London, UK – 15th May, 2025. In a landmark moment, signalling another major triumph for diversity and quality representation, Councillor Eddie Hindolo Hanson, a dual Sierra Leonean–British citizen, has been elected as the first African-born Black Mayor of the London Borough of Camden. The momentous and memorable ceremony, held yesterday, was attended by several dignitaries,...

Sierra Leone’s growing potential as an investment destination was a key focus during the official launch of the Diaspora Economic Forum (DEF), held in the halls of the UK Parliament on Wednesday, 14th May 2025. The event, hosted by Lord John Taylor of Warwick,  brought together over 60 business leaders, investors, and policymakers under one...

Deputy High Commissioner Joins World Leaders at Westminster Abbey to Mark 80 Years Since WWII Victory in Europe London, May 8, 2025. The Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom, Mrs. Yvonne King Odigboh, today attended a solemn *Thanksgiving Service* at *Westminster Abbey* to mark *the 80th Anniversary of Victory (VE) Day*...

In a deeply touching and spiritually uplifting two-day commemoration, the Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom, under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Morie Komba Manyeh, marked Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary with solemn reflection, spiritual intercession, and a call for unity and patriotic devotion. Guided by this year’s theme “Deepening National Consciousness...