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By Prince J Musa in kenema

The Paramount Chiefs in the seven chiefdoms hosting the Gola Rainforest National Park (GRNP) have vowed to protect it through responsible use of the forest.

The traditional leaders made the commitment at a conference on forest conservation where they also committed to embark on community forest conservation, as part of efforts to preserve Sierra Leone’s flora and fauna.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The international aid agency, PLAN International, has disclosed plans to launch a new girls empowerment initiative across Sierra Leone.

The initiative dubbed ‘Girls Get Equal’ will target schools and communities in all 16 districts of the country, officials said on Monday.

Girl empowerment in Sierra Leone has been the major focus of most organizations. Girls growing up in the country face problems like teenage pregnancy, early marriage and access to education.

By Prince J. Musa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is providing educational support to both university and technical education in Sierra Leone.

The ECOWAS support comes in the form of scholarships from which many university students have benefitted especially girls in various universities and other institutions that provide higher technical education.

By Allieu S. Tunkara

In what appears like a dream of a lifetime being realised, the tender process for the most ambitious infrastructure project ever undertaken in Sierra Leone was launched yesterday at State House.

Potential investors for the construction of the eight-kilometre-long bridge linking Freetown to the airport town of Lungi and the rest of the northwest of the country were informed yesterday of what is up for grabs.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Almost four years since the brutal murder of a 17-year-old sex worker, Hannah Bockarie, the body of her close friend has also been found in a mangrove swamp along Lumley Beach with her throat slit.

Memunatu Jabbie , 24, had helped prosecute the accused in the killing of Hannah whose killing had sparked nationwide condemnation and a major protest march organized by women’s rights groups who demanded swift justice.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone’s lawmakers have revoked the controversial State of Emergency on sexual violence amidst the introduction of a bill seeking to amend the existing sexual offenses law.

The move comes five months after the declaration of the Emergency by President Julius Maada Bio, in response to an alarming rate of violence against women and girls.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has announced on Wednesday that they have increased their revenue collection by Le596 billion in 2019.

The authority said it collected Le2. 229 trillion from January to May this year, adding that by the same time last year it had collected Le1. 633 trillion. This, according to officials, does not only placed the country’s revenue performance on target, but it’s also 51 percent higher than what was collected within the same period in 2017.