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By Mustapha Kamara

Information and communication officer for the British charity organisation Oxfam in Sierra Leone says the organisation will be distributing items including disinfectants, electric pumps, hand washing stations, pump and toilet spare parts and other water and sanitation kits to be used at different Ebola centres in Bombali and Koinadugu districts in the north, and in Freetown.

"We've been doing a lot to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the country and we will continue to step up our response", Alpha Kamara said.

A political campaign group working on behalf of a prospective presidential aspirant of the opposition SLPP known as the KKY Movement last weekend donated Le 1m ain cash and food items to students residing on the campus of Njala University at Mokonde.

The Icelandic charity organisation, Aurora Foundation on Monday 17 November donated 2,000 kilos of medicine and medical supplies for the treatment of Ebola patients through the First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma.

Donating the items, the Chairman of the Foundation, Olafur Olafsson said Aurora was aware of the huge problem Ebola posed to Sierra Leone adding that it required every support possible.

By Bampia James Bundu

Coordinator at the Hastings Treatment Centre in Freetown, Dr. Santigie Sesay, has revealed that they have recorded a 60% success in survivor rate since the centre opened about 2 months ago.

The centre, operated by Sierra Leoneans, on Tuesday discharged 63 Ebola survivors, its fifth set, bringing the total number of discharged cases to 228 “contrary to what other facilities have been producing.”

Hundreds of health workers at the Ebola treatment centre in Bandajuma outside Bo yesterday downed their tools and protested in front of the clinic, demanding payment of their hazard allowances owed them since September.

The MSF-run facility is the only such in the whole of southern Sierra Leone. This left 60 patients in the Ebola ward without attention, with the MSF Emergency Coordinator, Ewald Stars, warning that they would close down the facility if the strike continued.

By Alieu Sahid Tunkara

Two weeks after heavily armed robbers attacked the home of journalist Joshua Nicol the police have so far made no arrests, despite what many are vital clues left behind by the thieves.

One of the robbers dropped his mobile phone as he fled. The phone, which contained information about their accomplices, had been with the police since the day of the incident.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Prosecution at the military tribunal, presently trying 14 soldiers of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, has requested for a 2-week adjournment to respond to “no case” submissions made by the defense in September and October.

The team, led by state prosecutor, Gerald Soyei, on Wednesday November 12 asked for extra time, after it failed to meet a 5-week timeline it had to prepare its response to the defense team’s submission.