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By Mabinty M. Kamara

Moijue Kaikai, former Minister of Social Welfare in the Ernest Bai Koroma administration, has resigned from the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC).

Mr Kaikai in a letter dated 18^th October, a copy of which he shared with Politico on Thursday October 24^th, said he was also leaving active politics to focus on serving his people.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Police in Grafton Village are investigating an alleged sexual penetration of a 13-year-old girl. The girl who is dumb and partially deaf was sexually penetrated by 27 year old Joseph Samuel Bassie.

The mother of the victim, explained to Politico that on the day of the incident, the perpetrator sneaked into the house using the back entrance to commit the heinous crime.

By Kemo Cham

The Sierra Leone government has said it suspected the African Swine Fever (ASF) to be behind the death of hundreds of pigs in the country, in an ongoing outbreak that has raised public health fears.

Officials of the Ministries of Health and Agriculture said on Tuesday that a total of 1, 042 animals have died, out of about 1, 080 affected animals, as of October 16. All the cases were reported in four communities - Kroo Bay, Moa Wharf, Kanikay and Eastern Bome - all slum communities.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Students Union presidents from various colleges across Sierra Leone have given the government a 12-day ultimatum to allow for the conduct of elections to reconstitute the executive of the National Union of Sierra Leone Students (NUSS).

These students announced the ultimatum in a press conference on Monday at the SLAJ Headquarters in Freetown.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi 

The Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Rahman Swaray has announced a collaboration between the government of Sierra Leone and the social media giant, Facebook.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Human Rights Defenders Network Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) has called on the government to give more protection to girls in the country. The Executive Secretary of the HRDN-SL, Alphonso Gbanie made the call in a press conference on Monday.

The press conference was convened as part of commemoration of the African Human Rights Day, which is celebrated on 21^st October. The day is mostly used to reflect on how much the continent has done regarding human rights issues.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema.

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA) has started a two-week training program for women entrepreneurs. The training which started last week will focus on small and medium enterprise owners in the east and the southern region of the country.

The training is being conducted in the districts of Kenema, Kailahun and Kono in the East and Bo, Moyamba, Pujehun, and Bonthe in the South.