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By Francis H. Murray

Sylvia Blyden, former minister of Social Welfare walked out of a magistrate court in Freetown a free woman on Monday, 16^th November after state prosecutors dropped all charges against her and her co-accused Hussain Muckson Sesay.

By Politico Staff Writer

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Country Office has showcased its intervention with the Barefoot Women Solar Engineer Association of Sierra Leone (BWSEASL) to the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, who visited Sierra Leone over the weekend.

By Kemo Cham

The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) said it has secured US$2billion in funding as part of efforts to procure COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations.

GAVI is a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunisation in poor countries. The group helps vaccinate almost half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating infectious diseases.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, over the weekend met with President Julius Maada Bio as part of her now concluded visit to Sierra Leone.

Ms Mohamed, whose visit to the country is part of a West Africa wide tour, was at State House to discuss efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and support to COVID–19 socio-economic response and recovery plans, according to a news dispatch from the presidency.

By Francis H. Murray

The judiciary of Sierra Leone has made significant gains in the 2020 World Justice Rule of Law Index Report and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Scorecard, the two separate reports show.

The World Justice Project (WJP) rule of law index is the latest report in an annual series which assesses the rule of law in countries based on the experiences and perceptions of the general public and in-country legal practitioners and experts worldwide.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Minister of Finance, Jacob Jussu Saffa, has presented the government’s statement of Economic and Financial policies for the financial year 2021 to Parliament for approval.

A total of Le9.21 trillion was allocated to sectors of education, health, agriculture, debt service payment, social security, fisheries, tourism, electricity supply, water supply, among others. Saffa said that domestic revenue will contribute Le6.42 trillion, budget support Le822 billion, while domestic financing will account for Le1.69 trillion.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) held its Annual Conference at the Albertson Hotel in Kenema over the weekend that was graced by legal luminaries and personalities, in order to deliberate on pertinent issues relating to the Association including its status quo, the challenges faced and how to chart the way forward.