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By Alpha Abu

An investment company that will process and manufacture steel in Sierra Leone has commenced clearing of trees and thickets at its proposed one hundred and fifty hectares land site at Songo in the Koya rural district, outside of Waterloo.  

The company named Odhav Multi Industries will employ some one thousand and two hundred Sierra Leoneans who according to the Trade Minister Dr. Hinga Sandi will form about 95% of the company’s workforce, in line with the government’s emphasis on the Local Content Policy.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator, Brima Sesay has testified in the matter involving former Minister of Youth, Alimamy Kamara at the ACC court in Freetown.

Sesay said he was on the 26^th July 2021 part of a team of investigators that questioned the former minister on allegation that he failed to declare his asset in his 9 years as public servant.

By Saio Marrah

Plan International Sierra Leone has wrapped up its Girls Access to Education Challenge Project that focuses on creating opportunities for marginalized girls and children with disabilities in six districts.

Speaking at the organisation’s head office in Freetown, the Country Director, Sindayigaya Evariste applauded the collaborative efforts of their partners in the project.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Former Master and Registrar of the High Court, Stephen Yayah Mansaray together with 3 other staff of the judiciary and a local law firm have on the 27^th July 2021 appeared in court before Justice Simeon Allieu to answer allegations of corruption by the Anti-Corruption Corruption (ACC).

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has noted in a report, the effects of the COVID pandemic on Sierra Leone’s judiciary, like many other institutions in the country.

It says many cases were delayed when courts were closed, as part of the coronavirus prevention measures and that prisoners remained incarcerated on remand, court cases suspended and prisons restricted visitation and prison activities stalled.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Parents and guardians across Freetown have applauded the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh for an innovative idea which enabled them to electronically access the National Primary School Examination results at no cost, before reaching the schools.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Report by the Institute of Governance Reform (IGR) has indicated a high level of preparedness for the 2023 general elections by the country’s Election Management Bodies (EMBs) including the security sector despite the continual effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in all spheres of national affairs in Sierra Leone.