Bella Barrie

From Kenema Nongowa Chiefdom

[Bella Barrie @alphabella]

@CFCforxile Raheem Sterling

[LDN @LDNFootbalI]

✅ Champions League
✅ Europa League
✅ Conference League
✅ Super Cup
✅ Club World Cup

The first club in HISTORY to complete the set… ✨

[Frank Khalid OBE @FrankKhalidUK]

Give me your top 3 defensive midfielders from these 6 Chelsea players.

[Julius Maada Bio @julius_maadabio]

I am thrilled that Sierra Leone has been prominently featured in Forbes Africa's 'Africa Undiscovered Series' with a Special Report in the April/May 2025 edition.

During my interview, I emphasized that Sierra Leone is brimming with untapped potential, backed by a government eager to assist investors at every turn. To reiterate, if you seek a destination that offers stability, abundant resources, and a focus on growth, look no further than Sierra Leone.

Click the link to explore the Special Report on Sierra Leone, which includes my interview …. https://t.co/MP0TVPwwpH

[Rodney Michael @superrod001]

Who the hell, or how the hell do they get these statistics? People in areas of war like Palestine and Lebanon and Sudan etc etc etc can never be as happy as Sierra Leoneans. No one should take these statistics seriously. Things are hard, no doubt. But this stats is nonsensical.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

With only 20 days left until Election Day, we've all got to do our part and vote!

Vote early, by mail, or make a plan to vote on November 5. Go to https://t.co/q00n5Woojf to get the information you need to get started, and then reach out to your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers do the same.

Together, we have a chance to choose a new generation of leadership in this country with @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz, and start building a better and stronger and fairer and more hopeful America.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

What I admire most about Joe is his decency, his resilience, and his unshakable belief in the promise of our country. Over the last four years, those are the values America has needed most. I am proud to call him my president, and I’m so grateful to call him my friend.

[Amadu Lamrana Bah @LamranaAmadu]

The 'Lepi' like designed #SierraLeone 2024 #ParisOlympics kit has been ranked among the 10 most stylish designs at this year's Olympic Games by @Forbes.

Congratulations to @LabrumLondon and the founder, @Iamfodz for his perseverance in supporting Sierra Leone. I remember the controversy with the National Olympic Committee to use the kit he provided for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

There are people who just genuinely want to support and uplift their country in their own way, just give them the space and opportunity.

Wishing our athletes out there the very best of luck as we look forward to bringing home a medal from Paris.

#FreetownStories
#TruthTellers

[Bella Barrie @alphabella]

@ElonMNews A

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Tonight, we made history.

This is just the beginning.

[ayv news @AYVnews]

Freetown Weather Alert in Sierra Leone has issued an urgent warning to residents, especially those in the capital, that the country is experiencing over 50mm of precipitation per hour in Freetown.

This, the Alert warns, is a severe weather that poses significant risks.

The Alert warns: “For your safety, please avoid pre-drainages, waterway passageways, hillside areas and coastal regions. Refrain from travelling to unfamiliar locations throughout this week”.

The first 2 days of July have already witnessed heavy and continuous downpour, resulting to severe flood and loss of properties in some parts of the city.

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[The African Dream @africandreamsl]

Welcome to Fothanɛh, a small, greenly, calm, quiet and peaceful community located in Tagrin, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱.

Fothanɛh is a Temne word for “Rest/Resting Place”.

The name was given by one Pa Morlai, one of the first settlers of the community.

Pa Morlai was coming from his farm tired.

He was looking for a place to rest when he saw this beauty.

He walked towards the place, and sat under one of the mango trees.

Pa Morlai was awed by the quietness, peacefulness, calmness, and pleasant wind of the place.

He said to himself in Temne: “nɔ yɛng dɔ fothanɛh dɛng”, which means “This is a resting place”.

He later established a settlement in the area and named it Fothanɛh.

#SaloneX

[Amadu Lamrana Bah @LamranaAmadu]

Now that the ACC Commissioner, @FrancisKaifala, is finished with his academic work and has returned to do the People's Work, it will be good to know how far with these prolonged investigations.

The SierraLeone Commercial Bank over the procurement of vehicles by the Managing Director, Abdul Silla. Until recently, there was a fire incident at the bank where it was also reported that staff who are whistle-blowers of alleged procurement irregularities are being intimidated. I wonder what's happening with people's money.

The investigation of the gifts Andrew Jaiah Kaikai received when he was Chief Immigration Officer. The man reported to Parliament that he was using Okada to move around after ACC took his vehicle. Poor Jaiah, there's no one to offer a gift again.

The suspended Clerk of Parliament, Hon. Paran Tarawally, and the recruitment of his wife to work at Parliament. Just last week, someone was appointed as an Acting Clerk, and in his words, the Speaker Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas said until the substantive returns. Is there something we don't know?

The people are waiting to know what is happening with these cases. It's been too long, sir.

#FreetownStories

[Amadu Lamrana Bah @LamranaAmadu]

The ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) Party have, in a joint statement, raised concerns over the rising political tension in the country and among its diaspora communities.

They have committed themselves to responsible free speech, denounced hate speech, respect legal action, and human rights, and called for unity and a peaceful country.

We could as citizens disagree on everything with our government and politicians, but no one's political interest is enough to put us into chaos or violence.

Ours is a generation that grew up during the war, we all lost relatives and friends. I still have memories of how a whole family was killed by a bomb at Lunar Street Kissy, the only son was my friend. Other people can recount the same if not even worse.

There is nothing more important to us as a people than the peace and freedom we enjoy amidst all the challenges we are always bringing to the attention of our government.

@PresidentBio has acknowledged them in some of his public statements, he would only be able to address them when we have peace.

Let no one sit somewhere whether, in Sierra Leone or the diaspora, and incite you to get involved in violent activities, no one will benefit except those who want to see us continue to suffer.

Let's stay peaceful even when we will continue to hold our government and elected officials accountable.

#FreetownStories

[Julius Maada Bio @julius_maadabio]

I welcome and commend the @UN Security Council on today’s adoption of the Statement by the President of the Security Council (S/PRST/2024/3) on the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (#UNOWAS).

At the General Debate of the High-Level Week of the 78th session of the @UN General Assembly, I informed my colleagues leaders that in our tenure at the Security Council, Sierra Leone will further prioritize the West African subregion to address the security, humanitarian, political and socioeconomic challenges faced by the subregion.

For 3 years, the UN Security Council could not reach consensus on a Presidential Statement to support the mandate of UNOWAS and acknowledging the important efforts of ECOWAS. I am pleased that Sierra Leone working with Switzerland as co-pen have brought about this significant adoption.

I have given directives to my Foreign Ministry and @SierraLeoneUN to continue our important work in the Security Council on the basis of partnership, multilateralism and representation to sustained global peace and security.

[Amadu Lamrana Bah @LamranaAmadu]

Sierra Leone moved up from 74 in 2023 to 64 in 2024 out of 180 countries in the just released Reporters Without Borders @RSF_inter World Press Freedom Index.

Although press offenses were decriminalized during @PresidentBio's first term, several press freedom violations have been observed since his reelection in 2023, according to the report.

Read more here: https://t.co/2STnMHU9pP

Today, I will be moderating a panel discussion on Press Freedom and its importance to Democracy organized by @USEmbFreetown
and @SLAJ_Salone.

More than any other time, Sierra Leone needs a public interest media that will be TRUTHFUL and INDEPENDENT.

I strongly believe that there should be no government if there is no free and independent press. We need a government that will allow the media to hold them accountable and a media that will be TRUTHFUL and accountable to the public.

#FreetownStories
#FreeThePress
#StopTheAttacks
#TruthIsComing

[Bella Barrie @alphabella]

Power restored to #SierraLeone as minister quits https://t.co/kx4PJZMe4a

[Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE @yakisawyerr]

The heavy rains in the early hours of Monday morning were accompanied by the return of an unfortunate habit - some Freetonians emptying their garbage into gutters and waterways during the rain! As a consequence we saw an overflow of a number of key drains and gutters across the city, including at Portee. This unfortunate practice is most often done by, but is not limited to residents living in hillside communities that cannot be accessed by sanitation vehicles.

Myself, the Deputy Mayor, the Chief Administrator and the FCC team were out on the streets until way after dark to ensure that we effectively addressed the situation at Portee and elsewhere. All roads were cleared and residents were sensitized in the process.

FCC flood mitigation activities will continue for the next few weeks. Additionally FCC is in the process of strengthening our sanitation bylaws; we are hopeful that parliamentary approval for that will be granted soon. https://t.co/jF3PJdIB1Y

#TransformFreetown
#KeepFreetownClean

[Amadu Lamrana Bah @LamranaAmadu]

Youyi Building Diary...

I went around Youyi Building yesterday and noticed that the lift is still not working even after the Minister of Works Dr. Dennis Sandy promised in August 2023 and assured in February 2024 at the weekly @MoiceComm press briefing that it will be fixed in March.

I immediately reached out to him to check, and he promised again that it would be fixed this April.

If for over 6 months now our government can't fix a lift at Youyi Building where most of the Ministries are hosted, well, I won't say 😷

Perhaps this could be the right time for @PresidentBio to make an unannounced visit in solidarity with his Ministers, the workers, and the public who go there for different reasons.

Chief Minister, @dsengeh it looks like you need to mobilize another cleaning exercise, the grass is up again, and there are some abandoned vehicles.

Youyi Building could be a reflection of how tin tranga, that place like all of us needs some serious and urgent attention from our government.

#FreetownStories

[Bella Barrie @alphabella]

A Smart Eco-City Along The Coast Of #SierraLeone https://t.co/YS8qSxRTcO