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By Politico staff writer

A young Sierra Leonean Entrepreneur, Margaret Yainkain Mansaray  has been   shortlisted together with 14 other African innovators for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The academy in a press release dated 23^rd November 2022 stated that Mansaray had invented a non-electric cooking Smart Green Stove, which is said to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and health risks, thereby drastically limiting energy use by 70 percent.

By Abass Jalloh

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has partnered with the Sierra Leone Alcohol Policy Alliance and Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT) in organizing a national forum on alcohol and substance abuse that addressed the spate of drug abuse in the country.

The European Union has signed a grant funding to support agricultural innovation and technology with two private sector operators, Capitol Foods Ltd and Tradin Sierra Leone Ltd together with Non-Government Organisations: Mankind's Activities for Development Accreditation Movement (MADAM) and Solidaridad Network West Africa.

By Daniels Ekugo

Nigeria’s indigenous vehicle manufacturing company, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Ltd, has delivered the first set of vehicles manufactured for the Government of Sierra Leone as ordered by the country’s Ministry of Defence.

This is in fulfilment of a promise made during a working visit to Innoson Vehicles by the top hierarchy of the Sierra Leone Defence Ministry led by Mr Edward Soloku, the Minister of Internal Affairs as well as Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) led by its President Mr Isaac Ken-Green.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Citizens from different regions in the country have accused Members of Parliament (MPs) of giving ‘fake’ promises. They made this claim during a media outreach session held by the Sierra Leone Parliamentary Press Gallery (SLPG) that was transmitted on all radio stations in the North- West and South –East of the country.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

President Julius Maada Bio has urged potential investors to invest in critical sectors like education, agriculture, health, infrastructure and the extractive sector in Sierra Leone.

The President made this call on the 21^st November, 2022 while addressing the United Kingdom (UK) House of Lords on Leadership in troubled times, sharing the country’s strategies for resilience including those that have kept  the country stable during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the global economic crisis.

By Our Correspondent

Residents in Bo city and its environs have complained about the apparent inability of the City Council to regularly collect garbage particularly in the city centre and at a place called Mile Five on the road linking Bo district in the south to Tonkolili in the north.

In random interviews conducted on the streets of the city, the people told Politico that the situation at Mile Five has developed over a two- year period as the council has been unable to stop people from dumping rubbish in the area.