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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

As a way to use technology to transform the agricultural sector in Sierra Leone, the Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has said they are ‘digitalizing’ farmers.

Dr.Sengeh was speaking in a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the World with the theme: Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Use of Artificial Intelligence held in Dakar, Senegal on 10^th October this year.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As part of their key deliverables for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) is set to upgrade the Civil Registration Database and Network Infrastructure to share data with priority institutions using the Data sharing Layer.

The priority institutions to share data with are; the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO), National Revenue Authority (NRA), Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), Education, Financial Institutions. NASSIT and Immigration.

By Nasratu Kargbo & Abdulia Fasineh Dumbuya  

Members of Parliament Elect from the Main Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) who are yet to be sworn in because of a boycott have only seven more sittings remaining, the Speaker of Parliament Chernor Abass Bundu has warned.

Bundu made this warning on the 12th of October 2023 in parliament in light of the fact that MPs who absent themselves from 30 consecutive sittings, will be removed.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Among the 22 local Councils in Sierra Leone, the Koidu City Council (KCC) recorded the highest number of elected female councilors in the June 2023 General Elections.  

The council’s composition is evenly distributed at 50 percent male and 50 percent female. This according to the Information Officer at the Local Government Ministry, Frederick Kanneh is the highest number of women representation in the history of the Council. However, the Kono District Council has only 28% of female elected councilors.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Chairman of the Special Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security, Dr.Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella said climate change is not only an environmental issue, but a developmental problem. 

Speaking at a Climate Conference on the 10^th October 2023, the former MP said “We need to include climate issues and environmental issues in a number of issues across sectors in the country”

By Saio Marrah

Eight men have appeared before a Magistrate Court in Freetown over an alleged attack on Gateway Evangelist Ministry Church, at Quarry, Kissy, east of Freetown.

The Overseer of the church, Apostle Amos Laurence Lelleh as the first Prosecution Witness narrated at the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Thursday 12^th October 2023, how the attack happened on Sunday 24^th October this year, the day of their Thanksgiving.

By Saio Marrah

One Mohamed Lamin Kamara appeared before  magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Wednesday 11^th October 2023 over alleged unlawful passion of a prohibited harmful drug known locally as kush weighing 20.3 grams.