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When Bailor Barrie is also Davidson Nicol: The Kortor factor By Fayia Sellu, Special Contributor, USA When Siaka Stevens was destroying the (...)

Scores of Africans seeking to cross into Spain were recently killed and scores of migrants and police were injured in what Moroccan authorities called a "stampede" of people surging across Morocco's border fence with the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla.

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio Tuesday joined colleague employees in the country to commemorate May Day or International Labour (...)

May 31, 2021 By Elizabeth A. Kaine Children from districts most affected by poverty are prioritized for school feeding. Photo published with author’s permission. In 2018, President Bio promised to “Expand and improve school feeding programmes in all pre-schools and primary schools.” Three years later we are examining this promise. Accomplishments There are several important accomplishments in school feeding since 2018. For example, the national budget included a dedicated line to school feeding, totalling 70 billion Leones for 2020 and 71 billion Leones for 2021. This May, Sierra Leone...

CABINET RESHUFFLE: KNEELING AT THE THRESHOLD This reshuffle was not unexpected. Indeed, the Chief Minister’s ouster has long been rumoured, but when it did come, it was nevertheless like a thunderbolt. Other cabinet changes have also raised eyebrows. The moving of the Chief Minister to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and replacing him with the Minister of Finance is perhaps the one that has set most tongues wagging, but we will come to this later. On a positive note, President Bio has appointed an impressive array of young people to Deputy Ministerial positions...