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By Saio Marrah

10 Million US Dollars from the European Union Development Fund and another additional 10 million dollars from the Bank of Sierra Leone have been allocated to local farmers on credit in Sierra Leone.

The money from the European Union is under a project known as “Salone Access to Finance Project,” a five-year initiative Launched in Freetown on Thursday 21st March 2024.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone’s Mobile Data penetration in 2023 reached 24.82 percent, from 15.05 percent in 2018, according to Amara Brewah- Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NatCA).

He was addressing the 21^st Annual General Meeting of the West African Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) held at Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown this week.

By Saio Marrah

Inspector Mohamed Wai, a witness in the ongoing trial of one Alpha Sheriff also known as APC Sheriff for allegedly operating a private security company without a valid license and other related offences has told the High Court that when they (police) found a rifle with the accused, he cried out saying he had “fallen in Bo town”.

By Saio Marrah

Adekali Foday Suma, the second accused in the ongoing Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over Sierra Leone’s UN chancery building, has told the High Court in Freetown that when he was signing the contract for renovation of the country’s Sierra chancery building, pre-contractual requirements had not been met.

The accused signed the contractual agreement on behalf of the Sierra Leone government with Fairfield Construction Company based in New York for the renovation of the property.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The European Union (EU) and the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministries of Trade and Industry, and Finance have signed a 12 million Euro Business Environment and Competitive Agreement.  

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Director- General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Ret. Lt. General Brima Sesay has in the official launch of the Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Financing Strategy and Implementation Plan at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown said they have recorded four hundred and ninety-two disaster incidences across the country since the establishment of the agency in 2020.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Inspector-General of Police William Fayia Sellu has recommended the setting up of a fast-track court in the country to deal with drug-related offences.

He made this call during a Committee Hearing in Parliament on the 18^th of March 2024, where most of the stakeholders related to drug issues were summoned in a bid for Members of Parliament to get an understanding of the issue from various perspectives.