By George M. O. Williams The prices of onions in the local market have quadrupled due to shortage in supply. While Nle10 would get you a palmful of onions in the past, it is different now. An onion is being sold at Nle20 and Nle25 in the market. The smallest is being sold at Nle5. Magret...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The new Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAWIJ) has terminated the interim Executive effective 1st August 2023 for breach of corporate governance principles. The Board said in a statement on Monday that the decision to terminate the Interim Executive came after a thorough review of several serious...Read More
By George M.O.Williams Sierra Leone’s Gross international reserves has declined to US$523.80 million as at the end of June 2023, from US$610.42 million as at end December, 2022, due to increase in payments for debt service and goods and services, according the 2023 government statement of economic and financial policies which was read in Parliament by...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 approved the First Report of The Committee on Appointments and the Public Service in the Sixth Parliament, chaired by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Hon. Mathew Sahr Nyuma. The presidential nominees were approved by Parliament are: Mr. Sheku Fantamadi Bangura-...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu More than 227,000 pupils from 435 Junior and Senior Secondary Schools (52 in Bombali; 50 in Port Loko; 44 in Kono; 49 in Kenema; 93 in Western Area Rural and 147 in Western Area Urban Districts) benefitted from theUN Peace Building Fund and UNICEF project to the Legal Aid Board’s Anti Election...Read More
