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By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the European Union has renewed a partnership to supporting electoral processes in countries around the world.

The renewed partnership was announced at the end of a meeting between senior officials of both sides to reaffirm their long –standing relationship.

A revised European Commission-UNDP Electoral Assistance Guidelines was also signed, which aims at enhancing electoral assistance.

By Mustapha Sesay in Makeni

Three local non-governmental organizations, with funding from the European Union, have undertaken a research to identify and address the causes of violence among children and youths in the country.

The organizations: Centre for Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA), Search for Common Ground (SFCG), and Society for Learning and Yearning for Equal Opportunities (SLYEO), are mainly engaged in activities that border on women’s empowerment and youth advocacy.

Mathew Theambo

By Umaru Fofana

Labour minister Mathew Theambo has reacted angrily to the recruitment of some 2,500 Sierra Leoneans, among them former child combatants, for work with US troops in Iraq.

By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara

Commercial motor bike riders (Okada) on Monday took to the streets of Freetown protesting against police instructions that they should not ride within the Central Business District,(CBD), of Freetown.

The bike riders rode through Siaka Stevens Street to Up Gun in the east end of Freetown honking the horns of their bikes and demanding freedom to operate.

Some of the hijab-wearing women

About 100 women took up the Islamic vale or hijab on Sunday in Waredala, Biriwa chiefdom, Bombali District.

The women - both young and old - said they wanted “to get closer to Allah through the teachings and deeds of his prophet to be purer.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

Acting Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), Professor Ekundayo Thompson, has pronounced a continuation of the implementation of several development projects as part of his determination to ensure efficiency in the university administration.

One of these projects is the expansion of the Ajai Crowther Amphitheatre, which the VC said arose from the challenges in accommodating the increasing number of graduating students and their guests.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

Former Comium employees have presented a position paper requesting government assistance for the payment of their terminal benefits.

The workers said when the defunct mobile operator was in operation their salaries were deducted with the promise that such monies would directly be paid to the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT).