By Ibrahim S.Bangura Petros Dalton Pete, a renowned gospel musician has hit the local gospel musical scene with a song titled: ‘Listen’. The song is played in the afro-fusion musical genre. It encourages people to make time for God and also admonish them to exercise patience. According to Petros sometimes people only say their prayers, walk “away without waiting to listen to what God has to say.” He explains: “Sometimes...Read More

By Hasbin Shaw The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Western Region, Sidie Sesay, on Tuesday September 4th, 2022, has said that the Ministry does not have an office space on its own from where it runs it activities as they are housed in an inadequate space at State House. He made this disclosure while presenting the Ministry’s budget for the 2023 financial year, during the ongoing Budget Hearing...Read More

Rolling out of the mine rehabilitation and closure bonds for small & large-scale mining companies in Sierra Leone By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya There is no gainsaying that mining, especially for minerals is playing an important role in Sierra Leone’s economic development thereby significantly helping to raise and preserve people’s living standards in the country. There is also no contradictory fact that where these mining activities take place, the land is...Read More

The Sierra Leone Deputy Minister of Finance 2, Bockarie Kalokoh, met with colleague Ministers of Finance from Africa, in a panel discussion on Sustainable Budgeting Approach to Climate Finance at the International Cooperation Forum and meeting of African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment in Sharma Al Sheik, Egypt. The adoption of green fiscal policies and macro-prudential regulation and climate-related stress testing can help African countries to be better prepared...Read More

for 2023 By Hasbin Shaw The Assistant to the Secretary to the Vice President, Swalihu Jusu, on Monday October 3rd, 2023, revealed that the Vice President’s office will need a total of NLe 63, 055, 344, 40 million in the 2023 Financial Year, in order to fully discharge it roles and responsibilities, in spite of the fact that it did not spend above its 2022 allocated budget. Jusu made this...Read More