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By Politico staff writer

The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and his executive members are set to take the association through the next three years with a new manifesto commitment called the MEAL manifesto.

The transition from the SALT Manifesto which stands for Stimulate/Strengthen, Appreciate, Listen/Learn, and Transfer, to the MEAL, the acronym for Mobilize, Evaluate, Allocate and Liberate was officiated on the 23^rd of July in Bo at a retreat held to orientate the new executive.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Ministry of Environment with support from UNDP on the 11^th July 2022 held a regional consultation on the Development of a five-year Gender Sensitive Strategic Plan on environmental management in Kenema.

 The consultation targeted mostly women from different women groups that are engaged in environmental management through tree planting.

By Jonathan Hindolo Kurabu

In an effort to ensure food sufficiency and management, the Movement towards Peace and Development Agency-Sierra Leone (MoPADA-SL) has trained over 40 women farmers drawn from 40 project communities in Yawei, Peje Bongre, Peje West, and Njaluahun Chiefdoms in Kailahun District on crop cultivation and nutritional management.

By Abass Jalloh

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Government of Sierra Leone have discussed policies for a project that could help transform Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into the formal sector in the country.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Officials from the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education have on the 22^nd July 2022 engaged Principals of Junior Secondary Schools in both Kailahun and Kenema districts on the placement of pupils that passed the National Primary Schools Examination for entry into Junior Secondary School.

By Alpha Abu

Some eleven months to Sierra Leone’s General Elections, the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Konneh says his office remains committed to stakeholders' engagement and a credible election.

Konneh gave the assurances at the presentation of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone’s annual report and update on election preparedness to President Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown yesterday.

By Politico staff writer

Magistrate Momoh Lanasana in Bonthe District has granted bail to a woman accused of manslaughter after the death of a 21-year-old she allegedly subjected to Female Genital cutting.

The Magistrate released the Sowei known as Sowo Sandy who is said to be in her 60s after the prosecution, for the second time, failed to bring forth their witnesses.