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February 2021

There is a public hue and cry over the high cost of living characterized by ever increasing prices in basic commodities and other essential goods. A bag of parboil rice now costs over Le 300,000.00 while

In the midst of controversial public opinion over Government introduction of a non-partisan policy on the conduct of Local Council Elections, the Sierra Eye Magazine in collaboration with the Institute for Legal Research and Advocacy

Every individual in societies across the world yearns for equal status, opportunities and rights. A nation can only progress and attain higher developmental growth when both men and women are entitled to equal opportunities. Inequality

Pending submission to Cabinet and Parliament for approval and ratification respectively, the Ministry of Finance has pointed out serious flaws in the contract awarded to Zoodlabs (SL) Limited headed by Iranian borne Davar Fazali (in

In two previous reports published on January 18 and 25 2021, we showed how the wife of the president of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Jabbe Bio, received nearly Le30 billion Leones (almost US$3 million) of

2019 was a terrible year for Sierra Leone’s forests. According to the 2020 annual pubic finance audit report, more than 10 million slow-growing, rosewood trees were shipped out of the country.  Approximately two hundred thousand

Newly appointed Minister of Health and Sanitation, who has also gone through parliamentary approval, Dr. Austin Demby, is set to improve the health sector in Sierra Leone.  (Photo: Dr. Austin Demby: Sierra Leone’s newly appointed

The 2019 Auditor General Report has undressed the most trumpeted Free Quality Education (FQE) which is the flagship programme of the New Direction government of President Julius Maada Bio. In Page 344 of the 2019

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has last week published statistics of road crashes of the year 2020. The release disclosed unprecedented road crashes of 2,763 to which records 867 deaths. The release continued that

On 4th January, 2021, the Sate Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, started his foreign visits to five African countries including Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles respectively. The visits form

Leader of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party in the House of Parliament, who also doubles as the acting Western Regional Chairman of the APC Party, Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah, popularly known

Some people in and out of Sierra Leone say the financial woes the country is currently going through can be salvaged if and only when President Bio shows Prof. Kallon the exit door for someone

It would seem that the latest reports from Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) have sparked a considerable amount of controversy. Simply put, people are split along two lines. Those who are not fans of the

With the recent surge in COVID - 19 cases in Sierra Leone and other parts of the world, the APC 2023 flag bearer hopeful, Dr Samura Kamara, has continued his nationwide COVID - 19 sensitization

Management of Kingho Investment Company Limited have on Friday joined officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone to sign the railway and port lease agreement that will ensure the company’s subsidiary- Kingho