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By Abdul Tejan-Cole

Last week, Rwanda and Britain unveiled a pilot scheme in which the latter will ship off asylum seekers who arrive in Britain "illegally" to the former for the whopping sum of £120 million.

By Franklin Sisabu Bendu

Last week, two key corporate institutions with significant foreign investment in Sierra Leone – Iluka Resources and Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone Limited (SCB-SL) were in the news. Both institutions have been an integral part of our economy – Iluka Resources in the mineral sector and SCB in the banking sector. 

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 0.05% increase in COVID-19 infections, from February 19 to March 6, 2022.

By Franklin Sisabu Bendu

Economists will almost always provide a risk analysis even when the economic climate is favourable. Global events of the past few weeks are exactly why economists do risk forecasts or analysis.

Mohamed ‘Orman’ Bangura was in 2018 appointed Minister of Youth Affairs by President-elect at the time, Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio. Bangura is in charge of a ministry that handles matters related to the youth who make up a greater percentage of Sierra Leone’s population.

Four years on, our Editor Mabinty M Kamara sits with the Minister as he takes us through the activities of his ministry, the challenges and plans, whilst also reacting to newspaper corruption allegations against his ministry. 

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 0.47% increase in COVID-19 infections, from February 4-19, 2022.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 0.70% increase in COVID-19 infections, from January 22 to February 4, 2022.