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By Mabinty M. Kamara As the planting gets underway in Sierra Leone, the agriculture and food security minister has moved to lower expectations about the ability of the Feed Salone initiative to make this country self-sufficient in food in the near future. Dr.

By Mabinty M. Kamara As the planting gets underway in Sierra Leone, the agriculture and food security minister has moved to lower expectations about the ability of the Feed Salone initiative to make this country self-sufficient in food in the near future. Dr.

Iceland and World Food Programme (WFP) support Sierra Leone Government School Meals programme in Bonthe District

By Politico Staff Writer President Julius Maada Bio has urged the President of ECOWAS Investment Bank Dr. George Agyekum Donkor to increase investment in Sierra Leone, noting that the government intends to undertake many activities for the betterment of the country. “So, in addition to continuing to consolidate education, we are now focusing heavily on food security. I hope

By Mabinty M. Kmara Mariatu 13, (not her real name), is a Sierra Leonean who lived with foster parents in Freetown and hoped for a better life through education. She was living together with two biological children of her caregivers, a boy and a girl of the same age. Mariatu’s Aunt would later secure enrolment into a nursing course in the provinces where she temporarily

By Umaru Fofana There are hardly any dull moments in Sierra Leonean politics. But recent developments perch on a pedestal close to unprecedented proportions. After the elections of June 2023, the racour deepened with the main opposition APC party crying foul. Nothing was strange there – after all never since the reintroduction of multiparty politics in the country has the main

Germany and World Food Programme (WFP) join forces to boost school feeding in Sierra Leone

By Nasratu Kargbo The Parliament of Sierra Leone has passed into law the Finance Act of 2024, a move that was preceded by Legislators expressing divergent views on the Bill especially with regards to commodity taxes. The House was totally divided, with some stressing that the increase in taxes will cause suffering on the citizens, as prices of commodities will shoot up. Others

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara As it aims to restore the 5 percent tax increase on imported rice in 2024, the Government of Sierra Leone has proposed to make an increment of 10 percent in 2025 to support local production of rice. In a speech delivered by the Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura on the 10th November, 2023 while presenting the Government Budget and

By: Sylvester Alhaji Massaquoi President Julius Maada Bio has said that under his Feed Salone project, the government “will enact a strategic policy to ensure a high percentage of the staple food we supply to various government institutions, the Military, Correctional Service Centres, the Police, the Fire Force, Schools, and Hospitals are locally produced”.