By: Augustine N. Myers from Liberia – Journalists working for print and electronic media institutions across Sierra Leone have established a National Media Network on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The Group is known as the WASH MEDIA Network–Sierra Leone. The establishment of the WASH Media Network–Sierra Leone came as a result of consultations held with stakeholders during a Social Accountability Training on WASH for Civil Society Organizations in Bo City at the J&E Resort in 2013. The stakeholder’s consultations which also brought together journalists from print and electronic media institutions nationwide, under pinned the importance of journalists to play... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 16th 2013 |
………before approval for a compact development – By Dennis Kabatto – Just a day, after the Embassy of the United States of America’s Public Affairs office in Freetown, issued a press release on Sierra Leone’s ability to continue working toward Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Development, the Washington based MCC says that Sierra Leone must pass the control of corruption indicator before it would approve a compact with the country. Though, Sierra Leone passed half overall on its scorecard for a bid to develop a compact with 11 indicators including Inflation, Regulatory Quality, Trade Policy, Gender in the Economy, Access... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, December 15th 2013 |
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador designate to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that he will not be a dining and wining diplomat, but an envoy that would explore all the fields of endeavour to take laurels to his country. Alhaji M.S Kargbo made the remarks at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport whilst addressing some Saudi investors shortly before he left for Sierra Leone over the weekend. He expressed Sierra Leone’s desire for Saudi investors to engage in various sectors in his country. He described Sierra Leone as Africa’s new investment destination, assuring that the country has a stable economy... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 9th 2013 |
In a Press Release dated October 21, 2013, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, Min Zhu, commended strong macro-economic gains in Sierra Leone, citing falling inflation, a stable currency exchange rate and lower food prices (source: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2013/pr13410.htm). I want to caution readers to understand that this is not a critique of the government of Sierra Leone. Min Zhu did not quantify his claims. In the interest of my own education and verification, I went out to look for the data from three sources I consider reputable. My investigation led to an interesting discovery. It is on that basis that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 25th 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – The publication of a recent news article titled “Sierra Leone Fails MCC Benchmarks” has raised a furor among some politicians and both independent and government leaning media houses. Case in point: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors selected Sierra Leone in December 2012 as eligible to develop a compact. On November 6, 2013, the MCC released its Fiscal Year 2014 Country Scorecard depicting Sierra Leone as passing half overall in meeting the criteria to be eligible to develop compact and threshold Programs with the MCC. However, Sierra Leone’s fate in maintaining its compact seems... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, November 16th 2013 |
