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By Alpha Abu

Agencies engaged in the recruitment of Sierra Leoneans wishing to seek employment abroad have been ordered by the Ministry of Labour to involve the office in every stage of the recruitment process including vetting and the signing of overseas recruitment contracts.

The latest statement from the Labour Ministry came in the wake of the government’s lifting of the ban on the recruitment of migrants by agencies believed to be operating in the country, often clandestinely.

By Politico staff Writer

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 will review Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Record in a meeting that will be webcast live.

Sierra Leone is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during the ongoing 38th session from 3^rd to 14 May 2021. Sierra Leone’s first and second UPR reviews took place in May 2011 and January 2016, respectively.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) under the PAPFor Project with funds from the European Union has on the 1^st May 2021 presented a draft Teacher’s Guide document on school nature club to partners involved in environmental protection and conservation in Kenema.

By Saio Marrah

The Management of the Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 4^th May, 2021, held a workshop to align their departmental plans with the objectives and activities of parliament’s strategic plan for 2021 to 2025.

By Politico staff writer

As part of the humanitarian assistance to the West-African states during the Holy month of Ramadan, Sierra Leone has received 50 tons of assorted food items from the Government of the United Arab Emirates.

By Umaru Fofana

The Gambian Managing Director of ECOBANK Sierra Leone, Lucretia Aina Moore was one of the recipients of the 2021 Independence Day awards by President Julius Maada Bio. 

She was awarded the Grand Officer of the Order of the Rokel (GOOR), one of the country’s highest honours.

The citation points out “her outstanding service in the field of banking”.

By Alpha Abu

Following announcement by SLFA, the football family in Sierra Leone will tomorrow receive the most powerful person in world football in the person of Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA. The statement says Infantino will be accompanied by the recently elected President of CAF Dr. Patrice Motsepe during a one day visit to Sierra Leone on Wednesday 5 May 2021.