Addis Ababa — Sierra Leone's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Thursday signed the AU African Charter on Statistics and the Protocol on the African Investment Bank.

His Excellency Andrew Gbebay Bangali, who also doubles as Sierra Leone's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa signed the two important instruments at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The signing of the treaties by Ambassador Bangali was an indication of the government of Sierra Leone's intention to ratify the two instruments.

When the treaties would have been ratified by government, the rights and obligations of the agreements have to be legalized within the country.

The purpose of ratification was to domesticate the legislations in accordance with the treaties.

The ceremony was witnessed by the AU Senior Legal Officer, Constancia Gaspar and the First Secretary at the Sierra Leone Embassy, Mohamed Hashim.