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By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Europe (FASTEUR) has trained members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces on medical and humanitarian aid procedures.

The training is meant for non-medical personnel to become familiar with trauma care in combat situations, with the goal of reducing causalities.

Some 45 RSLAF officers took part in the training conducted at the Peace Mission Training Center in Hastings, outside Waterloo.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED) in Sierra Leone has started talks with ECOWAS on setting up infrastructure for a Joint Border Post between Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The engagement which took place at MOPED’s office in Freetown last week focused on how Sierra Leone and Liberia can work together better along their respective borders to facilitate movement and trade, according to a statement released by MOPED.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The World Bank has called on African governments to adopt and enforce strong policies that are geared towards empowering women. The call was made as part of the many recommendations the group made in the latest edition of the Africa’s Pulse, a regular report on the economic status of the continent.

World Bank Vice President for Africa, Hafez Ghanem, said: “Empowering women will help boost growth. African policy makers face an important choice: business as usual or deliberate steps towards a more inclusive economy.”

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Siminge K. Mondeh, a breast cancer survivor, on Thursday told a group of women that breast cancer, though fierce, is not a death sentence as there are chances for survival.

Mondeh’s testimony was part of a session organized by the Well Woman Clinic, a reproductive health facility that campaigns against breast cancer. The event was part of ongoing commemoration of the Breast Cancer Month – October.

During the event, volunteers of Well Woman provided free screening for breast cancer for the participants.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has partnered with University of Sierra Leone (USL) to introduce short courses that will focus on training and building the overall capacity of professionals in the country.

The initiative is part of UNIDO’s broader agenda of creating and promoting competitiveness within Sierra Leone’s work force.

UNIDO and USL held a consultative workshop on Thursday to discuss some of the ideas around the courses.

By Steven Ngauja in Kono

A prominent figure of the opposition Coalition for Change (C4C) has announced his intention to ditch it for the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).

By Kemo Cham

The planned inauguration of the newly elected headman of Waterloo has been postponed indefinitely thanks to a High Court injunction.

Leslie Oseh Whenzle, who was elected in September, was scheduled to take his oath of office today, Friday October 11, at a ceremony organized by the Western Area Rural District Council.

In a statement from the Council on Thursday, its spokesman cited a letter from the High Court ordering the Council to halt the planned inauguration “until further notice.”