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By Umaru Fofana 

The defeated presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress in the disputed June 2023 polls, Dr Samura Kamara, has decried the tax regime, saying Sierra Leone’s economy “is bad”, with the country at a “high risk of going into stagflation or recession”.

In an exclusive interview with Politico, the former finance minister and central bank Governor said that “nothing is moving, which is not good for the people of this country”.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Thirty thousand Children under the age of five are at risk of death due to inadequate nutrition, from October 2022 to August 2023, according to the World Bank’s Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) 2023.  

The report which was launched on the 27^th October 2023 explains that over three hundred thousand children under the age of five are stunted, whilst one hundred thousand are wasted.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Minister of Information and Civic Education, Cheror Bah has said Sierra Leone voted in the United Nations (UN) Security Council for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The Minister made this statement at the weekly press conference in Freetown on 31^st October 2023.

By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya

Just days after she was sworn in for the second time as Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki Sawyer has expressed delight at the Central Government’s support towards the council.

The opposition politician was speaking in a Media interview highlighting her plans and successes to the public on 1st November 2023.

By Politico staff writer

The Government of Sierra Leone has successfully negotiated a proposed tariff increase with Mobile Network Operators (MNO) to ensure a win-win situation, according to a report from the Strategic Communication Unit at the Ministry of Information and Civic Education.

From the 120%, tariff increase that was proposed, the report said the government, got the service providers “to agree to a modest increase in voice calls, and an even lower if not negligible increase, in data”. 

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Tamba Lamina has said they want to review the Chieftaincy Act of 2009.

The Minister made this statement during the weekly press conference of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Freetown on 31^st October, 2023.

By Politico Staff writer

The Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) Multi-stakeholder Group (MSG) has completed a nationwide dissemination of the 2020 and 2021 EITI Report following its publication in May this year.

The dissemination according to SLEITI officials is an approach designed to ensure that stakeholders are engaged in a dialogue about natural resource revenue management and to discuss the positive contribution that mineral resources make to the economic and social development of the country.