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Mercury Public Affairs is negotiating a contract to represent the West African nation of Sierra Leone. The pact is expected to include PR, government relations and outreach to US officials and media outlets.
The US State Dept. has expressed concerns “irregularities” in the June 24 election in which president Julius Maade Bio was declared the winner.
It is “disturbed by the reports of intimidation, including death threats—against domestic and international observers, civil society organizations and members of the electoral commission,” according to its July 24 statement.
Mercury will have six staffers representing Sierra Leone.
That includes ex-Congressman Toby Moffett, who once co-chaired Mayer Brown’s Africa practice; Bryan Lanza, who was communications director for the Trump Transition; and Eric Bloom, former senior producer for the CBS Evening News.
Omnicom owns Mercury.
TSG Advocates has inked a $240K one-year pact to provide PA and government relations services to the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
Bethesda-based Tricuro has signed on South Korea for strategic communications support, messaging development, and media outreach related to US-Korea economic relations.
Ballard Partners has signed on to represent Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defense on matters regarding security issues related to the U.S.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
