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By Mabinty M. Kamara

As illicit mining and its related activities continue to pose economic, social, and environmental threats to the sub-region, members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament are meeting in Freetown in a bid to devise mechanisms to curb illegal activities across the region.

The week-long sessions hosted in Freetown on diverse sessions started on Wednesday 31^st January this year with a parliamentary seminar on the theme “Illegal Mining and its implications in the ECOWAS region’’.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

At a Post-Election Seminar with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) held in Freetown on the 30^th of January 2024, Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu  has reflected on events leading to the recent elections in Sierra Leone and their outcomes.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

 The Deputy Head of Community Relations Department (CRD) of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), Superintendent Samuel Saio Conteh has highlighted the need for community policing in various settlements to help curb crime rate.

By Politico Staff Writer

President Julius Maada Bio has during a meeting with the Bar Association commended the leadership of the outgoing Bar Association in their role in nation building during their tenure in office.

By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has reaffirmed the Government’s position on issues of reform in the United Nations Security Council and on efforts at encouraging African Countries to accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism.

By Politico staff writer

The President of China, Xi Jinping has welcomed the newly appointed Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Abu Bakarr Karim.

President Xi received Ambassador Karim at the Presidential Palace in Beijing, as the latter presented his Letter of Credence to the Chinese President on January 30, this year.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Agricultural machinery operators have expressed a willingness to pay the nineteen billion Leones they owe the Government, but have requested that monies due to them through the government also be made available.

As a result, the Chairman of the Agriculture Committee in Parliament, Ibrahim Tawa Conteh said they will make sure they map out a payment plan to have both parties pay the money.