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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Over one hundred thousand school-going children from primary one (1) to six (6) across three hundred and twenty-five (325) schools nationwide are said to have benefited under the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC) programme.

The programme is a partnership involving the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), the Directorate of Science and Technology (DSTI) and the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF).

By Saio Marrah

Kenyan Media Consultant, Dr. Haron Mwangi, is currently in Sierra Leone to support the government of Sierra Leone in the implementation of the seven recommendations from the National Media Viability and Investment Conference for a national action plan.  

According to a press statement from the Ministry of Information and Communication dated Tuesday 30^th August 2022, the media consultant is said to have worked in nine African countries in developing media reforms.

By Abass Jalloh

Marginalized and vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone through the Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) and Christian Aid are calling on government institutions to support them with basic needs by including them in their estimated budgets for 2023.

By Politico staff writer

31 August 2022, witnessed the transfer of leadership from the then Acting Vice-Chancellor and Principal,Njala University College, Professor Andrew Augustine Baimba,  to the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Bashiru Mohamed Koroma.

By Alpha Abu

Representatives of Political Parties and the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion (ICPNC) are to tour all the districts of Sierra Leone to help diffuse the political tension, which they all agreed is prevalent in the country.

A well-attended meeting called by the commission that had also key representatives from the Office of National Security (ONS), the Military, and the Police, discussed the violence of August 10 and its ramifications, and how a recurrence could be avoided.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Almost a week since the state funeral accorded six police officers killed during the 10 August 2022 violent protests, relatives of the slain civilians have expressed frustration that they still do not have their bodies back for burial.

Some of them went to the central Freetown mortuary yesterday and saw the bodies for the first time. They expressed concern over “the lack of access to the bodies of our relatives”.

By Umaru Fofana

The National Disaster Management Agency has confirmed the deaths of eight people in Freetown following the heavy downpours of rain over the weekend.

In two separate incidents, two died after walls fell on their houses, while six crushed after a landslide in the mountainous Looking Town area at Kissy.