By Fatima Kpaka In preparedness for the 2023 Budget Appropriation hearings, Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Monday, October 17, 2022 engaged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) at the New Administrative Building of Parliament at Tower Hill in Freetown. The Director of Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), Ibrahim Jimisa, has said that they had invited participants...Read More

By Alusine Sesay Food insecurity in Sierra Leone has further deteriorated, with over one million people (15 percent) facing severe hunger, according a lean season food security analysis  which was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the World Food Program (WFP) in August. The Food Security Monitoring System analysis showed the significant impact...Read More

By George M.O. Williams The Governor of Ismailia in Egypt, Major General Sherif Fahmy Bishara has on Tuesday October 11th, 2022, discussed investment and economic development with Ambassador Sadiq Silla, the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Egypt. The Sierra Leone Ambassador and his delegation were welcomed at the Governor’s office in central Ismailia in Egypt. In...Read More

By George M.O. Williams The first female of Damietta Governorate in Egypt, Dr. Manal Awad, has on Monday October 10, 2022, held talks with Sierra Leone’s Ambassador aiming at improving bilateral trade. The discussion was held at the Governor’s office in Damietta, Egypt. In her official statement, she said it was a good opportunity for...Read More

BANJUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Gambia’s government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss the...Read More

Alimatu Jalloh Pa Momoh Fofanah Esq. the lawyer representing the suspended Deputy Auditor General in the ongoing Audit Tribunal has said that the Tribunal lacks the jurisdiction to enquire into the professional work of his client, Tamba Momoh. Lawyer Pa Momoh Fofanah raised the issues while moving an application to that effect on Monday 17th...Read More

A fire outbreak which   occurred at Susan’s Bay on Thursday 13th October 2022 has left fourteen families homeless with the volume of property loss estimated as exceeding Le (Old) 200, 000, 000. Susan’s Bay, one of the most deprived slum communities in the Western Urban District has again suffered from fire disaster just over a...Read More

By Ibrahim S.Bangura Mohamed Mansaray, alias Lenox, an entertainer of 16-year experience in the east of Freetown has called on colleague entertainers to embrace love and help one another to foster growth in the entertainment business in Sierra Leone. According to Lenox love and a commitment to helping one another is the only secret to...Read More