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By Alpha Abu  

 Sierra Leone continues to gain encouraging evaluation from the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) following release of the institution’s latest scorecard on the country. The country for the first time passed the natural resource protection indicator, achieving “58^th   percentile of lower income countries”. 

This takes into consideration efforts by the government to protect the flora and fauna in forest reserves, in conducting for the first time, the country’s database review

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Member of Parliament Veronica Kadie Sesay of Constituency 094 has expressed dissatisfaction over the pay received by women working for the Ngolaibu Cocoa Farmers Association in Dama chiefdom Kenema district. She therefore urged them to immediately increase their salaries.

Sesay who is also the chairperson Parliamentary Committee on Trade called on the company to restructure their payment scheme for the women as soon as possible. She made the observations while on their oversight visit role as a committee.

By Alpha Abu

Many people died after a tanker truck carrying petrol, which it was about to discharge at a nearby gas station, was rammed into by a granite loaded truck, and later exploded, creating huge fire balls, as people were busy scooping and filling up buckets and jerry cans of the leaking fuel along the Wellington/Calaba town highway last Friday night.

Nasratu Kargbo

A 16 year- old girl Adama Kalokoh whose breast cancer situation attracted media attention that led to mastectomy on her, has died at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown. Her surgery was done in May 2021 and according to a close family member, she was doing fine and appeared healthy.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Sierra Leone’s main opposition political party, the All People’s Congress continues its intra-party battle in court today before High Court Judge, Justice Adrian Fisher.

Diaspora member of the APC, Alfred Peter Conteh sued big wigs of the party including former President Ernest Bai Koroma, Secretary- General Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh, the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) and the party itself. Conteh in his originating notice of motion believes that the party was undemocratic.

By Alpha Abu

The Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) has conducted a National Stocktaking Engagement with Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Civil Society Organisations on the implementation of the Right to Access Information Law.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens has ordered both State and Defence counsels in an incest matter to file their written submissions on a matter that involves a 56-year-old father, Mohamed Conteh and his 17-year-old daughter.

The State Prosecutor, Musa Pious Sesay led two witnesses including the alleged victim and the Police investigator.