Tag: government
Groundless dismissal of 8 senior army men by Sierra Leone’s Defense Council
Words & Images by Amadu Lamarana Bah The Ministry of Defense through the Defense Council headed by President Koroma as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has forced 8 senior army officers into ...For non compliance Extractive Industries Transparency board suspends Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s development partners have spent an estimated 8 million dollars helping the government become Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative compliant but the EITI board has just announced that it has suspended Sierra ...Sierra Leone low on 2012 Open Budget Index for poor public involvement
A new report from the International Budget Partnership gives Sierra Leone a score of 39 percent for providing just minimal information on the government’s annual budget and expenditure to the public. The ...New electronic billboard launched to publish government spending in Liberia
In Monrovia, citizens can now keep track of government spending with an electronic billboard funded by the US government. The billboard is part of a new Open Budget Initiative to increase transparency ...Sierra Leone women, youth, and ethnic minorities lose in new cabinet
After weeks of speculation, the President of Sierra Leone has released the names of the individuals who will head the nation’s ministries. These individuals are subject to parliamentary approval before their posts ...US Ambassador Owen politically incorrect on Sierra Leone elections prediction
The US Ambassador to Sierra Leone Micheal Owen has said on local radio that a run off is likely in the nation’s November 17th elections. In other words Owen means to say ...Liberia, Sierra Leone move up in Ibrahim Index but the latter is last for Human ...
Out of a total of 100 Sierra Leone and Liberia scored 47 and 48 respectively in the recently released 2012 Ibrahim Index of Governance. They ranked 30th and 34th out of the ...Revolutionary student activist turned statesman, Hindolo Trye dies in Sierra Leone
Apart from colleague ministers and state dignitaries, the death of the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Mr. Hindolo Sumanguru Trye, created little effect on the man on the street. The late ...Chief of Defense Staff amongst ten who received parliamentary approval in Sierra Leone
The House of Parliament approves today ten presidential nominees to serve as commissioners and members in various public service commissions in the country. The acting Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier-General Samuel Umaru ...