All of Works of Life (AWOL) will tomorrow leave Freetown for Gondama, Tikonko Chiefdom in Bo District, where the development organisation will host this year’s annual Day of the African Child School Feeding and Awards Programme, for school children on Sunday June 16^th 2013.

Daru, (SLENA) - The Director General Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Munda Rogers has disclosed that the new Daru Bridge will be one of the best within the sub-region.

He made this statement when Works Minister and Members of Parliament on Works Oversight Committee made an inspection tour on the ongoing construction work on the Kenema to Pendembu road.

Freetown, (SLENA) - The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr Khelfala Marah on Tuesday 11^th June 2013 held a coordination meeting on Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) at his ministry’s Conference Room in Freetown.

The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment framework assesses the quality of a country’s present policy and institutional framework and its rating is used by the World Bank, the African Development Bank and other multilateral financial institutions to determine the amount of resources allocated to low income countries, including Sierra Leone.

The government of Sierra Leone, through the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) has taken action to ensure compliance by local government institutions and mining exploration companies.

According to the State House Chief of Staff checks and balances have been put in place to prevent the re occurrence of non-compliance approaches, which resulted in the suspension with active involvement of the Auditor General.