President Bio Holds Phone Call With UN Secretary-General Guterres

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone held a phone call with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, according to a readout issued by the Office of the President.

Bio is identified in the material as chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, while Guterres is identified as secretary-general of the United Nations.

Details of conversation not provided

The supplied readout does not state when or where the call took place. It also does not provide an agenda, quotations from either leader or details of any decisions or outcomes.

The material separately attributes a claim to the Office of the Presidential Spokesman that the UN secretary-general commended President Bio’s leadership. It does not provide further details about the commendation.

The source also includes references to First Lady Fatima Bio and states that President Bio commended her determination to end child marriage and announced three further commitments. The commitments are not specified in the supplied material.

In a separate entry, Bio is listed as the speaker for a keynote address themed “AFRICA IN A SHIFTING GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE: LEADERSHIP, DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE, AND STRATEGIC CHOICE.” The address is listed for Tuesday, 29 September 2026, at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School.