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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) have praised Heal Sierra Leone (HSL) for its new e-learning platform initiative.

Officials from both institutions were part of the official launch of the platform on Wednesday, at Heal Sierra Leone’s Head Office in Freetown. The launching comes after months of work behind the scenes to build the system and the studio.

By Kemo Cham

There has been a drastic reduction in hospital attendance in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kailahun District due to fear of Covid-19, a new report has revealed this week.

By Umaru Fofana

At least 124 Sierra Leoneans are stranded at the fringes of the Sahara desert town of Agadez, in Niger, after their failed bid to make it to Europe.

A spokesman for the stranded migrants, Osman Koroma, told Politico that they’re all men who left home between six months and three years ago but were turned back when some of them reached Algeria and others Libya.

He said they were taken to the Algerian border with Niger from where they trekked to the desert town of Assamaka in northern Niger.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Some residents under quarantine in Freetown have accused officials of the National Covid-19 Response Team of neglect and discrimination, which they say have made life in isolation unbearable.

Besides prolonged delay in providing test results, which lengthens the period people spend in quarantine, the EOC is also accused of failing in its responsibility of providing support in the form of food or medication for people in quarantine.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The European Union has disbursed €10 million to the Government of Sierra Leone. The money is part of the EU’s 2020 budgetary support to the country.

The National Authorizing Office (NAO), which is responsible to coordinate EU activities in the country, announced the latest tranche of payment on Monday in a statement.

By Mabinty M.  Kamara

The National Election Watch (NEW), known for monitoring elections in Sierra Leone has been drafted into the fight against the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), thanks to support from the European Union.

The latest activity is part of the EU-funded € 800,000 (Le 8 billion) project which seeks to enhance election observer organisations and citizens’ participation in democratic governance reform leading to the 2022 and 2023 electoral cycle.

By Francis H. Murray

Three additional witnesses testified on Tuesday in the ongoing treason trial of former defence minister Alfred Paolo Conteh in Freetown. Detective Police 13835 Issah Sesay of the CID recalled that in 2018, an incident was reported at the CID by the ministry of defense for which the first accused was invited and investigations launched. He said that at the conclusion of his investigations, a report was sent to the office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice for legal advice.