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By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

Girl rights group leader, Makalay Sondai has expressed concern at the delay in the Police investigations over the death of a schoolgirl in Moyamba district, southern Sierra Leone.

She told Politico that since the death of Grace Lamboi aged 20 on the 7^th of June this year, her organization Moonteen, and the family of the deceased, have been monitoring the police investigation of the matter that’s yet to be charged to court.

By Abass Jalloh

Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) has said in a statement that payments are being made to field staff that worked during the 2021 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census and have successfully completed and synched their data. 

“We have paid up to 90% of our field staff that has been verified using our server information,” a statement from Stats-SL, dated 5th August 2022, reads.

By Politico staff writer

PEN Sierra Leone, a literacy advocacy group, has completed an engagement with stakeholders from the Curriculum and policy departments in the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), the Sierra Leone Library Board, and teachers from primary schools, writers, and publishers to discuss ways of promoting reading and writing in the country.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in a press statement presented findings of their investigations into alleged fake academic credentials of officials of the National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM)

By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leonean students in Russia have threatened to embark on a protest today 5 August 2022 at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Moscow over the delay in the payment of their stipends and other allowances including return flight tickets for students who have completed their courses.  

The Secretary General of the National Union of Sierra Leonean Students in the Russian Federation, Alhassan Bangura told Politico that they had not received their allowances since July 2021 for the 2020 academic year.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone Parliament has approved the appointment of William Fayia Sellu, as the new Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) together with seven other presidential appointees to serve in different capacities.

The approval of the former Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the SLP by lawmakers on the 4th of August 2022 came after President Julius Maada Bio recently replaced the Former Inspector General of Police Michael Ambrose Sovula and his Deputy Elizabeth Turay.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Parliament of Sierra Leone has passed legislation that criminalizes Public smoking and advertising of Tobacco Cigarettes in Sierra Leone; the parliamentarians during the debate on the bill entitled the Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act 2022 expressed strong resolve and willingness to discourage the act of smoking.  

Both smoking in public places and advertising of tobacco on different platforms such as electronic, print, etc. have on the 4^th August 2022 been considered illegal in Sierra Leone.