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By Politico Staff Writer

The Strengthening Accountability and Building Inclusion (SABI) project implementing partners of Christian Aid on Wednesday 3^rd March, hosted a one-day Roundtable discussion on Governance and Accountability, with the objective of sharing ideas on gains and challenges made in the last five years.

SABI, which is a UK government-funded project, was initially designed for four years, but it was extended for a year more at the beginning of 2020, and it is wrapping up its activities ahead of closure on March 31.

By Alpha Abu

The newly constituted Committee to address land disputes in the Western Area of Sierra Leone commences sittings today Tuesday 9 March 2021 at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex, Kingtom. This was disclosed by Lands minister Dr. Turad Senessie during the weekly media briefing organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Freetown. The Committee will initially start receiving complaints from the public.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

In his effort to keep the Media and Civil Society Organizations abreast with the activities of the government in communities outside Freetown, the Minister of Information and Communication Mohamed Rahman Swarray has on the 5^th March 2021 engaged the two groups in Kenema.

By Politico staff writer

The Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) has on Thursday 4^th March 2021 engaged stakeholders at a Needs Assessment Result Sharing and Training of Trainers held in Makeni, as part of the work of the consultant of a RAIC/World Bank project titled: RAIC Needs Assessment in Proactive Disclosure of Information.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

10-year-old rape victim admitted at the Magburaka government hospital has lost vital reproductive organs due to the infections sustained after the rape, according to medical reports.

By Alpha Abu

Sierra Leone is to receive another consignment of vaccines, this time the AstraZeneca (AZ), which was originally invented at Oxford University in the UK. 90,000 doses of the drug licensed and manufactured by Serum Institute of India are expected to arrive in Freetown on Monday 8 March 2021. 

A statement from COVAX Facility says the first round of distribution involves 237 million doses of the AZ/Oxford vaccines to some 140 countries around the world.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Police in the Eastern Region town of Daru, Jawai chiefdom in Kailahun district have on the 1st March 2021 arrested 15 young people at the palm tree farm during an initiation ceremony for new members into their cult.

The Local Unit Commander (LUC) Daru Division Chief Superintendent of Police Sheku B. Kamara told Politico that the police got intelligent that there was a group of people gathered in the bush at one of the palm tree plantations performing some illegal ceremony at night.