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By Francis H. Murray

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Luseni Kallon, has turned the sod for the construction of a youth market in Masalia village, Portloko District in the north of the country.

The market, according to officials, will serve as a major point of exchange where the harvested products from the youth farm, another government funded youth support project, would be sold. The market is situated at about 1000 meters away from the National Youth Farm,

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) must take its responsibility of water provision seriously because water is a human rights issue, the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has said.

Officials of the Commission are worried that difficulty in accessing water by many Sierra Leoneans has had far-reaching implications, amounting to violations of human rights.

Sierra Leone has two agencies that are charged with providing water to the population: SALWACO and the Guma Valley Water Company.

By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, has disclosed plans to engage cement mnufactures and suppliers amidst concerns over the rise I prices of the commodity in Sierra Leone.

Mr Sandy told journalists last week that he had agreed with the stakeholders to renegotiate despite the challenges the companies involved face. 

Two companies: Dangote and Leocem, dominate the sector. 

By: Prince J. Musa in Kenema
Forum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP) has held a panel discussion on the need to consider removing cutting from the “Bondo” society.
The panel discussion brought together parents, religious leaders and Sowei’s from across the country.
The discussion was held to commemorate the day of Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Mutilation.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Speak UP Africa, a public health advocacy organization based in Dakar, Senegal, has trained 60 journalists in Sierra Leone on reporting on the killer disease - Malaria.

According to the organizers of the training which took place on Thursday, February 6, the one-day training was geared towards increasing the knowledge base of journalists on Malaria and enable them to do in-depth reporting on the disease in the country.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Epilepsy Association Sierra Leone has visited Epilepsy patients in Kenema District. The association said the visit is part of ways to revive hopes among people living with the disease. The visit is part of commemorations of the World Epilepsy Day, which was on the 2nd of February.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone has joined about a dozen other African countries in a continent-wide crusade with the launch of a media coalition against malaria.

The Malaria Media Coalition, launched last Thursday, is meant to boost the country’s effort to meet its commitments to the ‘Zero Malaria Starts With Me’ campaign, a global initiative against the parasitic disease that is responsible for the deaths over 200million people worldwide.