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By Saio Marrah

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has approved a loan agreement between the Government and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for digital connectivity of 523 schools as part of accelerating Covid 19 recovery project across the country. 

The First Deputy Minister of Finance, Sheku F. Bangura, told lawmakers on Thursday 27^th October, 2022, that the loan agreement is aimed at resorting and restarting edification systems and connecting communities to critical information and opportunities in the digital economy.

By Politico staff writer

The National Commission for Social Action (NACSA) is set to commence   another set of payments to beneficiaries of the COVID-19 Social Safety Nets (SSN) programme better known as “Ep Fet Po”.

This was disclosed in a statement put out by the commission on the 27^th October, 2022.

The first phase of the next payment is said to commence on Saturday 29^th October, 2022 targeting Bombali, Bonthe, Falaba, Kambia, Karene, Kono, Moyamba and Port Loko.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Over two hundred adolescent girls in Giehun Luawa and Burma in Kenema district have acquired various vocational skills training ranging from tailoring, hairdressing, crafting to embroidery, courtesy of a non-governmental organization called Future Focus Foundation Sierra Leone with support from Tools for Self Reliance based in the United Kingdom.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Lawyers for the Marginalised Affected Property Owners (MAPO) of Kono, Eastern Sierra Leone are set to appeal the decision of High Court Judge Unisa Kamara J. in a class action law suit against a Diamond Mining Company named Koidu Limited.

The High Court of Sierra Leone which sat in Makeni Northern Leone on Thursday 27^th October 2022 delivered the long-awaited ruling on the matter between the affected property owners in the diamond mining district of Kono, and the company. 

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Disabled persons whose houses were destroyed in fire incident in Kenema on 28^th August this year have asked humanitarians organizations and philanthropists in the country to come to their aid, as they go through numerous difficulties.

A fire had gutted the building they were occupying close to the Kenema Correctional Centre.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Arguments and undertones were made by the main opposition party All People’s Congress (APC) disapproving the likelihood of an agreement for a product- tracking company SICPA to operate in Sierra Leone, which they say is a burden on the citizens.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

On Thursday 27^th October 2022, the National Early Warning and Response Mechanism Coordinating Centre Sierra Leone NEWMC-SL received a visiting delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliamentary Oversight Mission during which they discussed the work the centre has been doing since its establishment in 2021.

The Head of the ECOWAS delegation, the Fourth Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Adja Satu Camara Pito, said she was pleased to see women holding higher positions in the office.