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By Politico staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio recently told a conference in France that “the absence of access to clean cooking solutions significantly affects Sierra Leone's economy, with estimated annual costs of inaction totaling US$4.7 billion.”

By Foday M. Daboh

By Alpha Abu

By Mabinty M. Kamara

I don’t know if I am the only one to have noticed that the noise level in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, has risen significantly in the last seven years or so. And my projection is that it can only get worse, much to the annoyance of many in this congested city.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The atmosphere that filled Parliament’s Committee Room One during the public hearing on the narcotic substance called kush demonstrated zero sense of urgency, enthusiasm or desperation from some authorities to end the menace that continues to destroy the country’s youthful population. However, those on whom the heavy burden lies to save the situation were busy casting blame on each other for the prevalence of the drug in the legislative house that fateful day.

The historic Annie Walsh Memorial School held its march past on Sunday 17 March to climax celebrations marking its 175^th anniversary. Controversy had surrounded the enforcement of a dress code for old girls who wished to attend the occasion. Dr Hussainatu Abdullah, an old girl who attended the school in the 1970s, disagrees with the measures.
 

By Sitta Turay

 The leadership of the Sierra Leone Police is facing arguably one of the most tumultuous times in executing its constitutional mandate. The big picture is that the law enforcers are under ever-increasing pressure to re-examine their practices while trying to balance that off with a rapidly changing cultural, social and technological landscape. The emergence of social media has made it more difficult to evaluate the truth from hundreds of daily postings by different sets of people.