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By Umaru Fofana

Sierra Leone has agreed to contribute troops to the crisis-ridden Niger where the army overthrew the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum in July, prompting West African heads of state to put on standby the ECOWAS Standing Force.

Minister of Information, Chernor Bah told Politico that the country would be contributing troops to the force that should move into the former French colony to reinstate the ousted president.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In a letter addressed to the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie dated 9^th August 2023, members of the Union of Academic Staff Associations (UASA) of public tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone have resolved to withhold their service if their Conditions of Service (CoS) are not addressed.

By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Brima Jah has warned individuals that he claimed are behind plans to stage illegal demonstration in the country between the 7^th and 14^th August 2023 that they could face the law.  

He said this at the weekly Police press briefing at their Headquarters in Freetown on Thursday 10^th August 2023.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Sani Abacha Street Traders have been given two months more to vacate the street for trading activities and relocate to the Sewa ground market which is under construction. The traders have recently been moved from the main street to behind the rail guards.

By Politico staff writer

The Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has inaugurated Mayors, Chairmen, and Councilors in the Southern Region who will now take up office in their respective City and District Councils.

The event was held at the Galliness Paradise Hall in Bo on Thursday 10th August 2023.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Officials of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) in collaboration with the National Commission for Basic Education (NCBE) and Teaching Service Commission (TSC) have engaged Principals of Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Kailahun and Kenema districts regarding pupils that passed the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) to be enrolled into JSS.

The regional placement meeting was held in Kenema on the 9^th of August, 2023.

By Saio Marrah

 Press Secretary in the Office of the President, Solomon Jamiru, has affirmed the country’s commitment to the position taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding the coup in Niger.

The press secretary said this to journalists at his first press conference at State House in Freetown on Friday 11^th August 2023, since he was appointed by President Julius Maada Bio.