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By Prince J Musa in Kenema.

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Tamba Lamina has called on chiefs across the country to support the work of the ministry to bring development to rural people.

Lamina made the statement at the beginning of a regional tour to paramount chiefs in the Eastern region on Wednesday. 

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Sierra Leone has been gripped by another fuel shortage, less than two weeks to the festive season.

Fuel stations across the country started turning back vehicles from last weekend, citing shortage of petrol, the most common fuel consumed in the country. The situation has led to long queues of vehicles in the capital Freetown, Bo in the south and Kenema in the east.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Staff at the Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (SLSB) went on strike on Tuesday, demanding an improvement in their conditions of service.

The angry staff locked out the senior management team of the Bureau, including its Executive Director, whiles displaying placards in front of the gate with inscriptions like “Improve our condition of service” and “Risk Hazards for staff”.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Senegalese based airline, TransAir, has commenced operations in Sierra Leone. The first flight of the airline landed at the Freetown International Airport in Lungi on Monday, November 18.

The 50-sitter airline will fly to the country twice a week - Mondays and Fridays - via The Gambian capital, Banjul.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

A two-day international conference on renewable energy has ended in Freetown with calls for investment in the sector.

The Mano River Union Renewable Energy and Clean Cooking Summit, which took place at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel, was designed to share ideas and rally investments into the sector.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Housing Corporation (SALHOC) has announced plans to invest Le65billion in a new housing project.

SALHOC, which didn’t specify the category of people the scheme will target, said it intends to raise the money from the sale of its 7^th Battalion estate at Goderich. He said the Ministry of Finance had consented to buying the property.

Ing. Charles Musa, Managing Director of SALHOC, made these disclosures on Tuesday at a press conference marking his one-year anniversary in office.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

Representatives of partner organizations in the Strengthening Accountability and Building Inclusion (SABI) project have concluded a monitoring visit to Gao Village with calls for urgent action by the government on the community’s deplorable healthcare facility.

Goa is located in Dama Chiefdom in the eastern Kenema District. Its over 400 population relies on only one health facility – Gao Maternity Community Health post.