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Two separate accidents happened at sea on Monday and Tuesday with 14 missing feared drowned.

According to the Acting Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration, Sama Gamanga, five drowned when a passenger boat named ENEMY SHAME, said to be without a manifest, collided with another boat named WASA BILA NGWOH with only crew members on board.

The former was going to Mattru Jong in Bonthe district while the latter was heading the opposite direction.

By Abass Jalloh

 The Coast Guard Cutter of the United States (USCGC), Mohawk, made its way to Freetown during the weekend to visit the country's port in a bid to protect the Sierra Leonean waters.

 Part of the itinerary of the vessel’s visit includes embankment on a combined mission with officers from the Sierra Leone Maritime Committee and the Ministry of Fisheries, to safeguard the country's natural resources in the sea.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Following the removal of safe seats for women in the Public Election Act 2022 (PEA), women’s groups, female politicians, and other Civil Society Organisations have called for a review of the 1991 constitution in order to protect women’s rights and ensure that Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Bill which addresses the issue of a safe seat in all sector, becomes a success.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Dr. David Moinina Sengeh is set to include three students (all of them girls), as part of his delegation to the United Nations (UN) Transforming Education Summit Advisory Group to be held in New York.

One of the students came from the Ministry’s Youth Advisory Group and the other two were the top two female candidates in last year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for promotion to Senior Secondary Schools.

By Abass Jalloh

The mobile health clinic buses have officially started a seven-day nationwide operation in Sierra Leone enabling people in remote communities to undergo free medical tests and treatments.

On Monday 1^st August 2022, the four sophisticated medical buses, which were donated by the Chinese government in March this year, were deployed in the Western Area (rural and urban) and the districts of Bo and Port Loko, to treat people.

By Politico staff writer

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have in a statement released over the weekend  deplored the violence of last Thursday and Friday in which protesters clashed with the security forces in  the capital Conakry, leading to deaths and injuries.

ECOWAS called for the release of those detained and that prompt investigations are conducted into what led to the clashes and avoid a recurrence and also bringing “the perpetrators to justice, in accordance with the law”.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

As part of a response to the calls on environmental management, the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with other Agencies and partners on the 30^th July 2022, continued the national tree planting exercise in the Kenema district.