Group photo: Sierra Leone’s Dep Minister of Internal Affairs Sheka Tarawalie and Deputy Minister of Justice Arrow John Bockarie (first and second from left in second row), Minister of State Finance FBL Mansaray (fourth from left in back row); Ghanaian President John Mahama (third from right in front row), and former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon standing by his immediate left

“Sierra Leone is very much committed to the fight against money laundering, and President Ernest Bai Koroma has demonstrated this commitment by appointing a Director for the Financial Intelligence Unit,” were the words of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sheka Tarawalie, at the just-concluded Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) conference held at the La Palm Beach Hotel’s International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.

The Torchlight deems with dismay the unfair manner in which certain individuals not excluding some tabloids have been trying to denigrate the leading telecommunications company in this country, Airtel,castigating it on various fronts despite the frantic efforts which the company has been making to meet the needs and fulfill the expectations of its cherished and valued subscribers.

Time for Alpha Kanu and Theo Nicol to Stand Tall…

By Sallieu Tejan Jalloh

Members of the public have raised concerns over the current state of the country’s Information Ministry referring to it as a ‘sleeping bug’ instead of an active institution  seen effectively and efficiently carrying out its core functions of propagating government policies  and when need arises defend the actions of Government.

By Madieu Jalloh

Sierra Leone’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has on Wednesday 15^th May, 2013 at the British Council Hall launched a deliberation on youth unemployment and job creation. The one day inaugural Governance Forum on youth unemployment and job creation was geared towards looking at cross-cutting issues affecting youth unemployment at both formal and non-formal sectors. The forum drew participants from various youth groups and members of the Civil Society groups.

The rate at which our young girls are becoming pregnant and forced into early marriages is becoming so alarming and they have heightened to become serious issues that warrant the execution of tougher actions directed at curtailing them in our midst.