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By Mabinty M. Kamara

With schools set to reopen next week, amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Sierra Leone’s teachers have expressed concern over the lack of preparedness with regards infection prevention control.

The Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU), which represents the interest of the country’s teachers, say they are concerned about the safety of both the teachers and pupils.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Plans are underway to increase transportation fares, despite an already difficult experience for Freetown’s commuters, Politico has learnt.

We understand that an engagement with major players in the public transportation sector, including the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the drivers’ union and the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), ended on Tuesday with calls for the review of transportation fares for particularly vehicles plying the Freetown-Waterloo route.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Proceedings at Committee Room One in Parliament took a shocking turn on Thursday after Ibrahim Tawa Conteh announced his resignation as the Chairman of the Transparency and Accountability Committee.

The Member of Parliament from the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party  (SLPP) told Politico shortly after his resignation that he will not allow himself to be used by the leadership of parliament whiles he is conducting probe in to dealings of  government officials.

By Kemo Cham

Older people in Sierra Leone face a high prospect of death and disability due to their exposure to factors that contribute to cardiovascular disease, a study has found.

The study conducted by the researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom revealed that three-quarters of people over the age of 40 in Sierra Leone have at least one health factor that could contribute to cardiovascular disease – creating a ‘ticking time bomb’ of death and disability.

By Francis H. Murray

The African Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire and Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the upcoming 2020 Mid-term Population and Housing Census.

The MoU was designed to create a platform through which the activities of Stats SL could be reported to the general public during the course of the census.

By Francis H. Murray

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the ambassador of Sierra Leone to Egypt, has secured the shipment of medical supplies worth $ 4 Million from the government of Egypt as part of the Arab nation’s support for the global fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.

The consignment, authorities say, contains essential medical equipment including 1,841 sterile gloves, 2,590 isolation overalls, 1,042 face shields,

By Francis H. Murray

The Sierra Leone Student’s Union in China (SLSUC) has dismissed allegations making the rounds on social media that the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina, has embezzled funds of the union and is also meddling in its politics. Ambassador Ndomahina is alleged to have imposed the union’s current leadership on the rest of the members.