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By Politico staff writer

 President Julius Maada Bio on Sunday 25^th July 2021 departed Sierra Leone for London to attend the Global Education Summit on the invitation of Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Uhruhu Muigai Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya  co-hosting this year’s Global Education Summit. 

By Mabinty Kamara

The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay has expressed concerns over what he referred to as “worrying reports” about the adverse impact of human activities such as deforestation and farming that have posed a threat to the survival and efficiency of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Dam that serves the city and some parts of the northern region.

By Nasratu Kargbo

In an effort to bridge the gender divide in governance, the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs has developed a bill proposing 30% elective positions for women through reserved seat mechanisms.

The Bill, according to the Minister of Gender and Children Affairs Manty Tarawalli has already got cabinet and Presidential approval and that she has been authorized to lay the document before parliament for enactment into law.  She added that despite efforts made gender equality remains a challenge.

Many Nigerian-owned shops in Sierra Leone will close on Monday 26 July in solidarity with the Biafra separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu who is due to appear in court in Abuja on the same day.

According to Mazi Chidi Tendency Uchendu, the National Coordinator in Sierra Leone of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), their shops will be closed “in support of our leader who was kidnapped in Kenya and is due to appear in court on…Monday”.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Sierra Leonean security experts and stakeholders in the health, agriculture, environment and water and sanitation sectors have engaged with research universities to review the country’s preparedness and response plan to curtail any possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a disease that affects birds and humans. Authorities view the disease as a global challenge and a potential threat to the nation’s health system and food security.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone’s National Coronavirus Response Centre’s (NaCOVERC) Chairman, Dr Sheku Bangura has challenged the UK’s Placement of Sierra Leone on the red list with stringent travel restrictions which came into effect on Monday 19^th   July 2021, noting that emerging data from Sierra Leone does not position the country to have reached the “Red Stage” of the Covid pandemic.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of Parliament will today Friday 23^rd July, 2021 scrutinize the death penalty in the country’s law books for possible repeal. The process should have commenced on the 21^st July but was postponed by the Speaker Chernor Abass Bundu in order to get the views of other stakeholders on the said bill.