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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy M. Kabba in the performance contract signed with President Julius Maada Bio promised to upgrade foreign relations strategy to promote Sierra Leone’s socio-political, economic, and strategic interests.

Minister Kabba also promised in the contract a higher quality representation in foreign missions as well as increasing foreign direct investments and partnerships; increased flow of foreign aid and private investment to the country.

By Saio Marrah

A WhatsApp conversation between first accused, Amadu Koita Makalo and the fifth accused, Alimatu Hassan Bangura has revealed that Koita asked the fifth accused for protection until he was able to leave Sierra Leone in the days after the failed coup.

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Kono

As part of efforts to improve farming and ensure food sufficiency in Sierra Leone, a group of farmers in Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone has introduced innovative farming techniques that facilitate year round yield for both crops and poultry.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A suspected food poisoning incident in the Marbella community in Freetown over the weekend has left some 80 people seeking urgent treatment at Connaught Hospital, 26 of them children, according to the facility’s Care Manager , Dr. Mack Kapuwa. Two were said to be in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

The Court of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) has, in a press statement dated 15th of May, 2024, acknowledged a correspondence from the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) informing them about a planned investigation of financial and administrative irregularities at the university between the periods of 2018 to 2024.

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Kono

After several deaths by drowning in Bafin River, the National Commission for Social Action (NACSA) with funding support from the German Financial Corporation through KfW Development Bank is constructing a 65 meter long and 4 meter wide bridge at the Koakor crossing point in Gbense Chiefdom Kono district.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Drive Safe Alliance, Massah K. Bomah has embarked on taking road safety messages to school children and teachers at UBC Primary school in Bo.

The sensitization marks this year’s UN Global road week with the theme: "Be a road safety Hero."

Addressing pupils and teachers at the school on   15th May this year, Bomah spoke of the many road accidents involving school children in which lives have been lost and others left with terminal pains.