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By Politico staff writer

The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has symbolically erected the first electricity pole to connect the district to the CLSG interconnections power line and assured the people of the diamond-rich district of plans to enable them to access an uninterrupted electricity supply.

Speaking at the ceremony held on the 1^st February 2022, Paramount Chief of Nimikoro Chiefdom, PC Aiah Dante Bona, said they were already feeling the prospects of enjoying sustainable and quality electricity in the district.

By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leone’s First Lady Fatima Maada Bio has led a reconciliation tour within the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) after their delegate’s conference in Bo last year.  The reconciliation tour started with party stalwarts in the Bo district.

The First lady admonished the party membership that elections within the party are over and that the need to come together to win the next general elections is what is of importance at the moment.

By Politico staff writer
 
Catherine Russell is now the new UNICEF Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the children’s organization in its 75-year history.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

In an effort to combat money laundering and tackle the financing of terrorism, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Sierra Leone has on the 27^th January 2022 held a regional consultative conference on the review of the anti-money laundering and combating of financing of terrorism Act No 2 of 2012 in Kenema.

By Politico staff writer

A number of unofficial border crossing points have been identified along with the three districts of Pujehun, Kailahun and Falaba Districts following a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under its Displacement Tracking Matrix. IOM conducted a mapping exercise in the final quarter of last year in three districts to monitor the trends in trans/border mobility between Sierra Leone and the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Guinea.

By Ibrahim Barrie

The Director-General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLCA) Fodeba Daboh has in a press briefing assured of the Agency’s commitment to a   Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the Sierra Leone Insurance Company (SLICOM) in July 2020.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasrella has welcomed the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) of Sierra Leone, Dr. Victor Massaquoi saying that this is the first time that a SLAJ recommendation for the Chairperson of the media regulating body has been approved.

Speaking to Politico, Nasralla said that the group had previously nominated candidates for the position, including the last appointment but that the governments have always done contrary.