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2023 open budget survey report, Sierra Leone ranks top

By Sulaiman Jalloh   According to the Open Budget Survey (OBS) Index 2023 report, the West African country, Sierra Leone is ranked top in budget transparency and rose 10 points above the global average (45%), from 45% in 2021 to 55% in 2023. “This progress also means that Sierra Leone climbed 17 points from 64th,…...

Sierra Leone Improves in Global Rankings on Budget Transparency

  Sierra Leone improves its 2023 Open Budget Survey index score. The country’s transparency score rose 10 points above the global average (45%), from 45% in 2021 to 55% in 2023. This progress also means that Sierra Leone climbed 17 points from 64th, in 2021 to 47th, in 2023 out of 125 countries. This ranks […]

Our education sector has received the largest share of the national budget in the last six years – HE Bio

 President Julius Maada Bio has told students and authorities of the Yonsei University that in the past six years, Sierra Leone’s education sector has received the largest share of the country’s annual national budget, having received 22% annually. He made this statement while giving a special lecture on enhancing the educational system and reconstructing governance […]

Labour Minister Participates at 112th Labour Conference  

  Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Honourable Mohamed Rahman Swaray and his technical team of the Ministry, and members of the Labour Congress and Sierra Leone Employers Federation are participating in the ongoing 112th Session of the International Labour Conference of the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland. The International Labour Conference is the ILO’s […]

Olayinka Williams Wins U.K. Diplomatic Missions’ Long Service Officer Award

  At a ceremony held at the exquisite King’s Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, Ms. Olayinka Williams of the Sierra Leone High Commission (SLHC- London) was recently honored with the Diplomats’ Long Service Officer of the Year Award for Africa. Deputy High Commissioner Mrs. Yvonne King Odigboh, along with a cross-section of the SLHC staff, […]

      The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs chaired by Hon. Musa Fofana on Friday 31/05/2024 and Saturday, 01/06/2024 respectively conducted oversight inspection on European Union funded project, “Local Authorities Programme Sierra Leone” implemented by Kenema District and Kenema City Councils. The project is intended to strengthening Local Governance, Decentralization […]

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Taking Public Officials’ Statements Out of Context for Political Gains…

By Dadson A. Musa   Politics is quite an interesting field, and it is where good men and women sometimes become bad people. The advantage that it gives the one who wields it makes it always a battle ground career. Having studied politics here in Sierra Leone and across the globe I come out with…...

Pupil Jailed for Larceny

By Mohamed Mansaray in Kenema   20-year-old school going pupil, one Morie Mansaray a resident of Amadu Street in Kenema has recently been sentenced by Magistrate Mustapha Briama-Jah of Magistrate Court No.2 in Kenema for Larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916. The accused on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at No.12…...