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By Lamin Idriss Conteh (Cazorla)

Two men, one of them a Member of Parliament, are locked in what is turning out to be a protracted dispute over a piece of land situated at Baw Baw in the Western Rural district.

Francis Kaikai, a U.S army veteran and Benjamin Turay, Member of Parliament for Constituency 128 in the Wilberforce area, are both claiming ownership of the piece of land, which is actually located within an undisputed plot of land belonging to Mr KaiKai.

By Saio Marrah

The parliamentary leader of the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC), Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, has called for a truly independent National Peace and Cohesion Commission.

Yumkella, who is popularly known as KKY, made this call in the Well of Parliament on Tuesday, 17^th November. He was speaking during the debate on the bill designed to establish the commission, titled: “The Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion Act 2020.”

By Abass Jalloh

The Academic Staff Association of the University of Sierra Leone (ASA-USL) has expressed dissatisfaction over Government’s failure to honour a 100% salary adjustment agreement in the just presented 2020 budget.

The raised the concern in a press statement issued on Wednesday, 18^th November.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The President of Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), Prosper Godwin Femi Jarrett-Coker, has called on female journalists in Sierra Leone to speak with one voice if their voices are to be heard.

The WIMSAL President made this call at a meeting organised at the SLAJ headquarters in commemoration of the organization's 13^th anniversary on the 20^th of November.

By Politico Staff Writer

Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has assured a regional the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) mission of his government’s commitment to cooperate its findings and recommendations.

Dr Jalloh made the assurance at a meeting with the 7-man delegation which called on him at his office in Freetown on Friday.

The delegation was accompanied to the Vice Presidency by the Sierra Leone National Governance Council. Officials said the visit was meant to share their mission objectives.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone Parliament is set to approve a trade agreement between the government and an oil and gas company, the All Petroleum Product (APP), despite opposition from a leading opposition MP, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella of the National Grand Coalition (NGC).

Yumkella, who is also known as KKY, argued last week, Tuesday, 17 November, that the company did not have a track record of petroleum business and that the tax waiver concession is huge and not in the interest of the country.

By Kemo Cham

The campaign group Social Workers Sierra Leone (SWSL) has called on the Government of Sierra Leone to pay closer attention to people going through mental traumas.

The organization made the call as part of a statement issued in response to the reported death of a youngster who alleged took his own life in expression of frustration for failing in a public examination. SWSL said in its statement said it stands in solidarity with and griefs with the family of the late Micford Walker-Johnson.