Politics

NMA fails to pay Le 15 billion into the consolidated fund- Audit report

The National Minerals Agency is one of the agencies included in the Auditor’s report for revenue irregularities in the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2020. “The National Minerals Agency (NMA) failed to pay various components of their revenue totaling Le 15.9 billion into the consolidated fund during 2020,” according to the report.

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Israel sends second set of medic supplies for tanker explosion survivors

Again for the second time, the Israeli government and people have sent medical supplies worth over $40,000 to the Sierra Leone High Commission in Ghana, for the affected and hospitalised victims of the recent gas explosion in Freetown. Examining gloves, bandages, 120 cartoons of Ibuprofen pills, cotton wool, tramadol injections, and other supplies are included. Israel

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Finance Minister displeased over World Bank withdrawal of financial support

The Minister of Finance, Dennis K. Vandi stated in an official letter to the World Bank Country Director, Mr. Pierre Laporte that, “The untimely and unexpected withdrawal of financial and technical support to the mid-term census in the nick of time does not only undermine the credibility of the census but also the good working

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Dr. Samura Kamara docked on corruption charges

Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara, former Foreign Minister in Ernest Bai Koroma’s cabinet, made his first appearance today, Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at the court in Freetown to answer questions about corruption accusations.It could be recalled that the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission filed a lawsuit against Dr. Samura Kamara for alleged misappropriation of funds meant

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Save the Children Country Director bids farewell

Heather Campbell, the departing Country Director of Save the Children International in Sierra Leone, bids farewell to Francis Kai-Kai, Minister of Planning and Economic Development on Monday 13 December Heather Campbell has spent the last four to five years in Sierra Leone. She praised Sierra Leone’s achievements, particularly in good governance and socio-economic transformation, noting

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WIMSAL condemns cyber-bullying of female journalist

Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) have expressed displeasure over a video on social media platforms in which Asmaa James, the former President of the association, and station manager of 98.1 FM, was verbally assaulted and threatened by artist Alhaji Amadu Bah aka “LAJ” A press statement by the female journalist association stated that the

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