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By Mustapha Sesay    

World Bank country manager, Parminder Brar, has said that the Bank would support Sierra Leone’s efforts to create a strong social safety net system that would identify and assist extremely poor households.

Mr. Brar told journalists last week that the social safety net project would make a direct cash transfer of about Le 150, 000 to 23, 000 households in four districts. He said these four districts which comprise Kono, Bombali, Moyamba and Western Rural, were among the poorest districts in the country.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

In the wake of the disturbing proliferation of gang violence, the Sierra Leone police say it is ready and armed well enough to quell any violent activity.

Director of Operations at the SLP, Assistant Inspector General Al Sheikh Kamara, said the police would not allow anyone to threaten the general peace.

“We don’t want people to threaten the nation into submission. So our men are ready; we now have pepper spray and stun gun to resolve any violent activity,” he told a press briefing last week.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

After a long wait, Fourah Bay College (FBC) has officially unveiled the Voice of Children (VOC) Building for students and staff of the Mass Communications Department

The unveiling on Tuesday 15^th December, 2015 was done at the University of Sierra Leone (USL).

FBC is one of the three constituent colleges that make up the USL.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The latest survey of Afro Barometer has revealed that Sierra Leoneans have less trust in public institutions than they had in 2012.

The report, launched on December 16^th, also revealed a reduction in popularity of President Ernest Bai Koroma and his governing All Peoples Congress (APC) party.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone risks losing much needed funding for its malnutrition programme because of corruption and illegal sale of therapeutic foods meant for malnourished children, a health official warned on Wednesday.

By Kemo Cham 

The UN`s children agency Unicef is calling for a proactive approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in the face of an alarming trend of fatalities attributed to inadequate funding to the sector.

Unicef said many people contract water-borne diseases, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, because countries allocate inadequate funding to the sector. Children are the most vulnerable to the situation, with around 180,000 under 5 years old dying every year, representing an average of 500 deaths a day.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay 

As the end of year festivities set in, there has been a growing concern over the rate of noise pollution in Freetown. In response to this the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has announced a plan to cut down on the rate of noise during this December festivities. This announcement was done during the government’s weekly press briefing on Thursday.