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By Abass Jalloh

The Natural Resource Governance and Economic Justice Network in Sierra Leone (NaRGEJ-SL) has in a press statement expressed dissatisfaction that after more than three years of broad consultations on the review of the Mines and Minerals Act 2009, civil society is deeply disappointed that the new mining law falls far short of expectations.

The statement was presented yesterday 15 September during a press conference at the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists in Freetown.

By Abass Jalloh

Member of Parliament for the main opposition All People's Congress party representing Constituency 066 in Karene district, Mohamed Bangura, and the Chairperson of the party in Tonkolili district, Yabom Sesay, have each been granted a five hundred thousand Leone (NLe 500,000) bail following five counts charges levied against them.

The bail condition levied was that each accused should have a surety 40 year-old and over and with a property valued three hundred and fifty thousand Leones (NLe 350,000), and proof of utility bills.

By Saio Marrah

Provisional results coming from the Fourah Bay College (FBC) Students' Union (SU) Elections indicate that Alfred Micah Sesay, a year three student at the Law Department , has won the September15^th  2022 election with 477votes, representing 71.51%, while his only opponent, Salamatu Kakay, got 187 votes, representing 28.04%.

  The provincial result further indicated that the valid votes casted were 664 out of 667 total votes.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Five hundred Sierra Leoneans who won the state Land Raffle in May of this year have yesterday 15^th August 2022 been handed their plots of land and documents at a proposed new city around Burreh Town and Kent Village in the Western Area Rural district.

Each of the winners including journalists, medical practitioners, civil servants, security personnel and fire fighters received two town lots for the construction of dwelling houses under the condition of lease for a period of three years subject to renewal.

By Politico staff writer

A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Sierra Leone, BRAC has boosted 12 farmers of Bo, Pujehun, Kenema and Kailahun Districts with cassava processing machines.

With funding from the European Union, BRAC supported the local entrepreneurs with the processing equipment that is helping them to produce large quantities of cassava flowers in a cost-effective manner.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Managing Director  of  Sierra Leone Postal Service (SALPOST) Briama Katta has said that the institution now offers other services including  passport facilitation  in all regional headquarter towns where the institutions in present.

Speaking yesterday Katta during the weekly government press briefing in Freetown he explained that forms for passports can now be accessed at the different SALPOST offices across the country.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

An analysis by the Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency has revealed that the rainfall recorded in the month of August 2022 surpassed the average rainfall recorded in other months of August for the last five years in the country.

“It is observed that August recorded the highest amount of rainfall followed by July, September, June, and May for the past five years. The month of August 2022 is observed to have recorded the highest rainfall for the past five years followed by 2020, 2019, 2021 and 2018,” it reads in part.