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Since President George Weah extended the measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, new directives have been announced. The president said that the easing of public health emergency measures became necessary considering the new global reality and the advice of local health authorities. Under the updated guidelines, restaurants, stores selling dry goods, building materials, and electronic appliances, will be allowed to open provided they take in only twenty-five percent of their full occupancy at a time while observing social distancing. The president has also instructed the security forces to enforce the mandatory wearing of masks in all public spaces and ensure full compliance. The government will take the appropriate legal action in cases of violation of any of these measures. President Weah has revealed that the new measures will be assessed again in the near future in order to determine their effectiveness and the need for further easing so that possible economic...

New graduates in Sierra Leone are bothered by the lack of jobs as a result of the global pandemic. Shortly after the implementation of social distancing, one key mechanism to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many offices in Sierra Leone stopped accepting new intakes. As a result, new college graduates have been left unemployed, broke, and frustrated. “Since the start of this pandemic, my friends and I have been finding it very difficult to find a job," said Isatu Conteh, a graduate from the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) in Freetown. "We’re still relying on family and friends, which does not augur well. Because the essence of spending years in university studying is to be able to have a job and start living your dream life," she said. "Not to come back and continue to be a burden to others.”  Hamza Koroma (seen in the photo) is another new college graduate of Fourah Bay College (FBC). He said that although Sierra Leone is a c...