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By Mathew Kanu

Women farmers in two chiefdoms in Bombali district have called on the Ministry of Agriculture “to do more” in the area of building their capacity to enhance their skills to be able to attain food security in the country.

Kadiatu Kamara, a farmer at Makumpbana said that even though they had received some training from some civil society organisations that enabled them to now weed and harvest on time, they still needed government intervention in providing additional training and capacity building.

By Mustapha Sesay

The Chief Executive Officer of the Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) says Le 56 billion has been approved for road maintenance nationwide.

Speaking at a news conference yesterday, Abdul Kalokoh said part of the money would go towards “patching potholes” on 23 streets and overlaying of 25 others within Freetown.

By Kemoh Sesay
The Sierra Leone Football Association has sacked the national female Under-20 football coach following Sierra Queens’ crushing defeat by Nigeria for the World Cup qualifiers for Canada 2014.

According to a press release from the FA, the Executive Committee of the FA accused Hannah Williams of failing "to provide technical leadership in the away leg of the National U-20 Championship against the Nigerian U-20 on Saturday 26th October where the team lost 10 - 0".

By Ralph Ese'Donnu Sawyer
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have re-affirmed their will to establish a common currency for the region and make good their commitment to the Monetary Cooperation Programme and the roadmap to that objective, according to Sierra Leone Press Attaché in Dakar, Ralph Sawyer.

The Executive Director of the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has expressed concern over the reported lack of transparency by many local government councils throughout the country.

In an open letter to the Chairman of the Association of Local Councils in Sierra Leone, Ibrahim Tommy writes that contrary to the provisions of the Local Government Act of 2004, his organisation has received several complaints about the failure of councils to erect notice boards in their communities and update their constituents with revenues generated and how they are expended.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Handicap International has donated start-up kits to 31 physically challenged and vulnerable trainees after completing a year-long skills-training exercise in various vocations at the Konomusu skills-training centre in Koidu.

The kits include sewing machines, assorted bread baking materials, hair dressing kits, soap-making levers, carpentry, weaving and ceramics-making materials worth millions of leones.