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By MabintyKamara M. 

Since the establishment in over a century, Mamaikanu village in Maforke Chiefdom in Port Loko district lights up with solar powered electricity with funding support from the Embassy of Ireland in Sierra Leone.

The project implemented by the Social Enterprises Development (SEND) in partnership with Easy Solar through Trocaire allows community members in hard to reach communities to use and access electricity at a low cost and pay overtime with limited pressure from the service providers.

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Kambia

Being one of the locally producing rice sources in Sierra Leone the German government through the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has supported Rokel village in Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia district with agricultural infrastructure to ensure sustainable and affordable farming practices.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy M. Kabba in the performance contract signed with President Julius Maada Bio promised to upgrade foreign relations strategy to promote Sierra Leone’s socio-political, economic, and strategic interests.

Minister Kabba also promised in the contract a higher quality representation in foreign missions as well as increasing foreign direct investments and partnerships; increased flow of foreign aid and private investment to the country.

By Saio Marrah

A WhatsApp conversation between first accused, Amadu Koita Makalo and the fifth accused, Alimatu Hassan Bangura has revealed that Koita asked the fifth accused for protection until he was able to leave Sierra Leone in the days after the failed coup.

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Kono

As part of efforts to improve farming and ensure food sufficiency in Sierra Leone, a group of farmers in Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone has introduced innovative farming techniques that facilitate year round yield for both crops and poultry.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A suspected food poisoning incident in the Marbella community in Freetown over the weekend has left some 80 people seeking urgent treatment at Connaught Hospital, 26 of them children, according to the facility’s Care Manager , Dr. Mack Kapuwa. Two were said to be in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Court of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) has, in a press statement dated 15th of May, 2024, acknowledged a correspondence from the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) informing them about a planned investigation of financial and administrative irregularities at the university between the periods of 2018 to 2024.