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Ace Ghanaian broadcaster, David Amanor, has bidden farewell to the BBC after 22 years at the corporation in London.

The soft-spoken man joined the BBC in London

1998. He was not initially recruited as a journalist, rather as a Section Assistant to the legendary Robin White who headed Focus on Africa and Network Africa at the time.

One of David’s key responsibilities was to get support to reporters in African countries in the throes of war at the time such as Liberia and Sierra Leone.

By Francis H. Murray

The Board of Executive Directors at the World Bank has approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve access to electricity supply across Sierra Leone.

The grant, authorities say, will be co-financed with a $2.1 million grant by the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund and will enhance institutional capacity and commercial management of the sector.

By Alpha Abu

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr.  Hinga Sandy says the effects of Covid19 on global trade and the corresponding shocks felt by the business community in Sierra Leone are huge.

Addressing journalists in Freetown, Dr. Sandy said the restrictions on the movement of goods and people across the world had had a negative impact on importers in the country, saying “the work they are doing has been immensely challenging over this period”.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS) has called for support from both government and private individuals and organizations through the award of contracts to the institutions.

The Senegalese Minister of Education Mamadou Talla has expressed positive views on a proposed teacher/student exchange programme between his country and Sierra Leone, according to a press statement from the Information Attaché at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Dakar.

Talla was reacting to a draft proposal he had received from the visiting Sierra Leone Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr. Moinina Sengeh. He said his country would be pleased to receive teachers and students of the exchange programme from Sierra Leone.

By Francis H. Murray

The Judiciary of Sierra Leone has completed a three-day training program for all its magistrates to build their capacity and ensure efficient service delivery in their courtrooms.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

For the first time since the civil war in the 90s, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority, SLRSA has re-opened its training and maintenance facility to “contribute to the human capital development of the country through a state of the art mechanical training school for young people and staff of the authority.”