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By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Members of Fourah Bay College Junior Staff Association held a brief protest at the college’s campus on Monday. The staff expressed dissatisfaction over the delay of their salary and leave allowance.

The staff attempted to close one of the major buildings on the campus in a bid to get attention from the college authorities regarding their discontent. Members of the association say they have not been paid for two months and their leave allowance have been reduced by ‘strange’ taxes.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Dr. Charles Silver, Executive Chairman of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), has called on the Bio Administration to own up to its short falls and stop blaming others for them.

Silver said politics is all about proffering solutions and not to blame others for causing the problems one inherits.

“You have to really accept your fault. You have to accept that this is the case. But the question is, have you accepted your faults? We are almost always managing crisis. We don’t project into the future,” he said. 

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Former Minister of Information and Communication (MIC), Mohamed Bangura has denied any knowledge of requesting or receiving per diem payments up to the sum of US$194,363.12 from the International Gateway Fund which is handled by the National Telecommunication Communication (NATCOM).

By Kemo Cham

Ten young Sierra Leonean programmers have won a Le38million award to develop a mobile payment solution that may hold the answer to some of the problems facing the local public transportation system.

The team of young programmers were declared winners for their idea at the just concluded Urban Mobility Hackathon organized by the technology firm, Sensi Hub, in collaboration with government agencies in the transportation sector, including the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC).

By Kemo Cham

The first ever National Debating competition in Sierra Leone ended on Saturday after eight long days of intellectual exchanges.

The National Debate Championship, which took the Karl Popper and British Parliamentary Debate formats, brought together dozens of young Sierra Leoneans with passion for public speaking and debate.

By Kemo Cham

The Aberdeen Women Center (AWC) is set to host its first camp this year to provide surgeries for women suffering from the debilitating condition of fistula.

Fistula is an infected tunnel between the skin and the anus. It is mainly caused by complicated labour.

Due to its embarrassing nature, Fistula is associated with a lot of stigma in society. This makes it difficult for people who suffer from it to come forward for treatment.

By Kemo Cham

Reproductive health and rights, women’s empowerment are at the center of Sierra Leone’s new National Population Policy.

The document which was launched last week focuses on six priority areas with the goal of improving the quality of life for the population.

Amongst others, the policy aims to address population dynamics with an effective response to the needs and aspirations of the country’s expanding youth population.