The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has released results of the invalidated results from the presidential run-off elections. Revealing the invalidated results yesterday to journalists NEC’s chairperson, Dr Christiana Thorpe, said the commission was about to make basic clarifications about misconceptions of the polling stations invalidated. She explained that those 477 polling stations were invalidated because[...]

As Sierra Leone is thriving towards achieving the third Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is education for all, the international community including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave loan to the country but with conditions attached. As a result Actionaid, a Non Governmental Organization, is challenging the policies of IMF which it considers as flawed.[...]

A senior auditor at the Sierra Leone Auditor Service, Morrie Lansana, has disclosed to Awoko that there is no need for an Anti Corruption Commission if there is an adequate auditing service. Mr Lansana explained that, “there has been a lot of problems associated with the delay in the annual publication of the financial auditing[...]

A four-day art exhibition opens next Tuesday afternoon at the Lumley beach roundabout in Freetown to showcase the talents of Sierra Leonean artists. The exhibition will be organised by the national tourist board, the ministry of tourism and culture, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the first of its kind for Sierra Leone. An[...]

The country director for the African Development Bank (ADB), Margaret Kilo, has said some people called the Auditor General (AG) a government watchdog but that isn’t really what she does. Mrs Kilo, who was giving the keynote address in a seminar on government of Sierra Leone finance and audit reports organized by the Coalition of[...]

As the world commemorates World AIDS Day tomorrow, the World Food Programme (WFP) has called for attention on food as medications cannot work without good food. In a release to commemorate the day, WFP notes that billions of dollars have been spent on the treatment of the virus especially the anti retroviral treatment but they[...]

New Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) boss, Abdul O.B Tejan Cole, has told parliament that he does not believe in political witch-hunting. Presenting the nominee to parliament yesterday, Chief whip Hon Ibrahim Bundu said the new ACC boss was interviewed on Monday where he told them that he did not believe in witch-hunting, and would pursue[...]

Justice Bankole Thompson, Special Court Judge who was the guest speaker at the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture’s (SLCCIA) business luncheon yesterday said, “where there is poverty, [and] where state institutions are weak it is meaningless to say that the rule of law [and] democratic governance would make a difference.” He explained[...]

In its report on the ‘Education and the IMF in Sierra Leone’, Actionaid reveals that government’s commitment has played a major role in the revitalization and rapid recovery of the education system in the country. The report states that after the civil war in the country, the educational system in the country has remarkable recovery[...]

As mobile phone companies are on the rise in the country so also is satellite TV, as GTV company has made its debut in the Sierra Leone market. The system was officially launched yesterday by the minister of information and communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Kargbo, who disclosed that the government had placed a lot of emphasis[...]