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By Nasratu Kargbo

President Julius Madaa Bio has announced the establishment of a national toll-free hotline that will serve as a means to report human trafficking in the country. He made this announcement on the 28^th of February 2022 during the national conference on trafficking in persons.  

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Nyanyahun-Buima in Konia Kpendebu section in Nongowa Chiefdom Kenema district has got a new community Health Centre, constructed by a charity Christian-Delphian Bible Mission.  

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of Parliament have unanimously agreed that an engineer should have had at least twelve years’ experience before being part of the Professional Engineering Regulatory Council. This caveat was made on the 1^st March 2022 in parliament whilst debating on the bill entitled “Professional Engineering Regulatory Council Act 2022”.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Sod for the construction of an ultra-Modern Physiotherapy Centre in Kenema to serve the city and its environs was turned on the 27^th February 2022.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney MBE has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt during which she expressed interest in the ministry’s youth development and women empowerment programmes.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Women, Business and the Law 2022 report has highlighted  Sierra Leone’s ‘tremendous’ progress on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Africa.

According to the report published by the World Bank Group on the 1^st March 2022, the country has reached 100 on Entrepreneurship by legally prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services which makes access to credit easier for women. The report highlighted challenges in the area of Parenthood where the regional average score is 45.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Embassy in Moscow, Russia has in a press release issued out on Friday 25^th February stated its awareness of the current situation in Ukraine and said they are in contact with Sierra Leoneans in embattled East European nation.