The Ministry of Finance will today commence the 2021 Policy Hearing and Budget discussions at the Ministry of Finance conference hall in Freetown. Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the budget preparation process will commenced with limited number of guests. This program serves as an opportunity for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) including Local Councils, Parastatals,...Read More
Following the Reopening of school for 2020/2021 Academic Year, the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), in collaboration with stakeholders has on Tuesday September 29, 2020, banned all school-wide activities/celebrations, including thanksgivings, prize givings, and sports meets. The ban came after the MBSSE engaged the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), the National...Read More
The 2020 Afrobarometer Report has indicated that half (50%) of Sierra Leoneans say the Commissions of Inquiry into acts corruption of previous government officials are fair and impartial, while 13% disagree. About one-third of respondents say they don’t know enough about the Commissions to assess their impartiality and effectiveness. The Report which was launched on...Read More
The Legal Aid Board has handed-over four Honda XL 125 motorbikes (one each) to its Paralegals in the Western Rural, Tonkolili, Karene and Falaba Districts at a short ceremony at the head office in Freetown on Monday September 28, 2020. The motorbikes are part of a UNICEF-funded project geared towards promoting access to justice for...Read More
Justice Abdul Rahman Mansaray has sentenced a man to death for sexually penetrating a four-year-old girl and triangulating her to death. Initially on September 28, 2020, the Jury in the matter had returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on Ransford Nicol, the convict in the matter, who had initially been accused of murder and sexually...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission has in a press statement said that, in a 2020 Afro-Barometer Round 8 Survey Report, presented to the Government of Sierra Leone in Freetown on September 28, 2020, by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), establishes that, Corruption prevalence in the country has declined from as high as 70% in 2015...Read More
The Director-General of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Daniel Bobson Kaitibi, has outlined the achievements the institution has made within a record time of six months. He stated that all the outstanding achievements made, within the six-month period, would not have been made possible without the support and cooperation of his deputy, the Ministry of...Read More
Support for the Less Privileged (SFLP), a humanitarian organization has donated School materials to 154 school children in the Tengbeh Town Community. The donated item is for 2020-2021 academic year and was done over the weekend at the Grace Evangelical Baptist Church at Tengbeh Town in the west of Freetown. Chosen from Tengbeh Town Community,...Read More
September 2020, Sierra Leone – This month, over 50 community leaders from across the Kono, Kambia and Moyamba districts gathered at the Zero Malaria District Leadership Forum to advance malaria control, prevention and elimination efforts in Sierra Leone. Following a series of district stakeholder engagement meetings in March 2020, the Leadership Forum brought together leaders...Read More
Sierra Leone Government White Paper on the report of the Hon. Sir Justice Biobele Georgewill Commission of Inquiry has nailed former Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Dennis Vandi who is a current Minister of Agriculture including senior officials of the Ministry of Education. Investigation into the Activities of the Ministry...Read More
