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By Abdul Rahman Bangura–  NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- In cognizance with the MoU, 350 LRA Customs Officers will go through training in fundamental police science and other technical programs with the objective of bolstering their capabilities to recoup their place in the national security architecture of the country. The training will also exalt the skills of customs officers in accomplishing trade facilitation, border security and collection of lawful customs duties and taxes. The training will be conducted in phases and will be done over a period of time. Speaking during the signing ceremony on November 25th, 2020 at the LNP Headquarters in Monrovia, LRA Customs Commissioner Saa Saamoi thanked the LNP for honoring the LRA request to train its customs...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura–  NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone-  Consequently, with the eruption of the Novel Coronavirus in Sierra Leone, the monthly event was interrupted. The Chemist Founder – Emeric Elliott and his team veered around to home rescues as a stay at home order and a curfew was were in place to thwart the disease. “We used to cater for weddings and parties but all that came to a halt in March when the first case of Coronavirus was registered here in Sierra Leone,” mumbles Elliot. “The first game night since Covid-19 had a great turnout, way more than the way we anticipated. It was like we never even stopped, the turnout was more this time than in March before we shut down.” Preceding to closing each game night had 150 tables, to obey social...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura–  NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone-  Zambian startup WidEnergy – a woman-led for-profit social investment, has committed to female grant and the growth of affordable energy access, has boosted a new round of funding to nurture scale its impact. WidEnergy, is an acronym for “Women in Development,” reflecting the startup’s goal of committing women as effective players in Africa’s energy evolution, leverages a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) criterion to give solarpowered homes and appliances. The startup toils with female sales agents to disseminate renewable energy solutions across Zambia, focusing on core aptitudes in lending and diffusion to develop a high-quality lending portfolio with minimized insolvency hazards. WidEnergy secured an...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- Rwanda’s parliament approved the ratification of Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASAs) with five countries as it moves to revamp operations of national carrier RwandAir, whose growth plans have been severely hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic. This will help broaden business activities and permit designated airlines of contracting countries to operate commercial flights that cover the transport of passengers and cargo between Rwanda and those countries, said Claver Gatete, Rwanda’s Minister for Infrastructure. Rwanda ratified agreements with Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Somalia and Tunisia, bringing the total number of BASAs ratified by parliament to 52. The country is also expected to sign agreements...