In a move strongly condemned by the UK and US, Russia has vetoed a draft UK-backed Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the veto a "disgrace". But Russia accused the UK of (...)
UN chief António Guterres has called for Africa to be given a permanent seat at the UN Security Council as part of reforms to correct historical injustices.
The Security Council — the five permanent members of which are China, France, Russia, the UK (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread.
The African nation brought in the new law with much fanfare at a ceremony organized by (...)
MAKKAH — Wearing white seamless dress of Ihram, hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims flock to Makkah from all over the world. More than 1.3 million pilgrims have already arrived in the holy city. Most of these pilgrims came directly to Makkah via (...)
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country's first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the end of two civil wars that killed 250,000 people.
Boakai said Liberia had "endured downpours of (...)
Electricity supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the $48m (£38m) bill it owed to a Turkish company.
The $18m payment came as the country's energy minister resigned, saying he took full (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of Sierra Leone Dr. Julius Maada Bio on his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished Bio continued good health and happiness, (...)
The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
Ahead of the first ever 'Health Day' at a (...)
Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information minister.
President (...)
Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew after armed men broke into prisons, setting inmates free.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan has signed a number of General Cooperation Agreements and Memorandum of Understandings on political consultations with his counterparts from Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Rwanda during (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
Sierra Leoneans are set to vote in a general election following a tense campaign marred by violence.
On Wednesday, the main opposition party alleged that one of its supporters was shot dead by police, which the police have denied.
Supporters of both (...)
Sierra Leone is gearing up for crucial presidential elections on Saturday amid growing discontent and calls for change from its citizens.
This will be the fifth election since the end of the country's brutal civil war, which ended 21 years (...)
Five countries have been elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will join the premier body for maintaining (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has reduced the upper limit of the recruitment's costs from the Philippines to SR15,900 instead of SR17,288.
The MHRSD said that the new upper cost does not include the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa on the anniversary of his country's Freedom Day.
The King expressed his best felicitations and wished the president (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
HRH (...)
RIYADH — The Musaned platform under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has clarified that the wage of the domestic worker must be agreed between the worker (him/herself), the employer, and the recruitment (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Programmes for Distributing Copies of the Holy Quran, Dates, and Iftar in Guinea, Conakry, in the presence of Saudi Ambassador to Guinea and (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that Sierra Leone is the new international destination for the recruitment of domestic workers.
It said that the maximum recruitment fee from the country has been (...)
