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By Saio Marrah

President Julius Maada Bio has said that Sierra Leone is committed to attainment of the single currency for the ECOWAS Community of nations.

He made this statement on Monday 29th May 2021 on the first day of the second session of the ECOWAS Parliament Extra Ordinary Session held at the Freetown International Conference Centre.

By Alpha Abu

The Chairman of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) Joe Blell has described the Consumer Parliament as a platform for an interactive session involving telecommunications service providers and consumers which deserves much needed attention. Blell who was addressing the sixth Consumer Parliament held in Bo on Friday 26 March 2021 said telecommunications should reach all including people living in the rural areas of Sierra Leone.

By Alpha Abu

People involved in small businesses have started receiving cash and cheques from the MUNAFA Fund that is managed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA). The issuing out of the funds started last Thursday 25 March 2021 and continued over the weekend in all the sixteen districts of the country. Two hundred people have so far received five and ten million leones each in the initial presentations that were done in the different towns and cities.

By Politico Staff writer

Compromise at the community level remains a major fueling factor of teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone, local authorities and politicians say.

The disclosure was made last week during the just concluded Community Stakeholders’ Dialogue Meeting on Commitments to Help Reduce Teenage Pregnancy and Early Marriage’ in Sierra Leone. The dialogue session was convened by FOCUS 1000, one of three implementing partners of the Health Systems and Services Strengthening Porgramme, known by its French acronym PROSSAN.

By Saio Marah

The congested slum settlement of Susan’s Bay and parts of Marbella another slum in Freetown were on the night of Wednesday 24 March 2021 engulfed by fire that has left hundreds of residents homeless. What caused the fire is yet to be determined as well as the extent of the damage.  Fire fighters battled late into the night to put out the raging inferno.

By Francis H. Murray

The Minister of Water Resources, Philip Karimu Lansana has said that the country’s water catchment areas have been endangered by the “deliberate” activities of encroachers which have posed serious challenges to the sustainable water supply across the country.     

By Francis H. Murray

The Minister of Information and Communication Mohamed Rahman Swarray has disclosed that Sierra Leone is set to benefit from the first National Cyber Incident Reporting Center as part of the Cyber security package to the country.

Speaking at the weekly press conference organized by the Ministry  on Thursday 25th March 2021, he revealed that: “for the first time in the history of our country, Sierra Leone through my lobbying will benefit from the first National Cyber Incident Reporting Center.’’