Maada Bio
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Former opposition presidential candidate has launched an education support fund for all children who have lost or will lose their parents to the Ebola disease in the country.
WHO lab team pulls out of Sierra Leone
Following the withdrawal by WHO of its entire team from the Ebola-hit district of Kailahun and the closure of its laboratory there, the Canada government is evacuating its three-member mobile laboratory team from the country over safety concerns.
According to Canadian TV, the country's Public Health Agency said the team was being recalled to Canada after a Senegalese WHO colleague was diagnosed with Ebola saying the situation was significant enough to require the withdrawal of the scientists from the country.
Final prosecution witness at Court Martial
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Prosecution at the tribunal trying 14 soldiers of the Sierra Leone military has taken in its eleventh and final witness.
Led by Gerald Soyei, the prosecution's case is now closed but it is unclear whether or not the court, presided over by Judge Advocate Otto During, would extend beyond the initial set trial period of 60 days which expires in 14 days.
Sierra Leone urged to slam Senegal
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Former Sierra Leone ambassador to the United Nations, Allieu Kanu, has called on government “to take strong diplomatic actions against Senegal for banning flights from picking passengers from Sierra Leone".
He made the call at a press conference on Monday at his Institute of International Law in Freetown. He urged that government should take Senegal to the UN, the highest diplomatic level.
Freetown Mayor commits life to Ebola fight
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
The Mayor of Freetown says he will go to whatever length to ensure Ebola is completely eradicated from the country, “even to the point of laying down my life”.
Speaking at a joint presser organised by the Flaming Evangelical Ministries and Destiny Shipping Agencies, Mayor Franklyn Bode Gibson said the disease could only be stopped through divine intervention, adding that “it is above traditional healing”.
Blama, Bandawor to go pipe borne
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
In an effort to increase water supply in rural Sierra Leone, the country's water company, SALWACO, has signed a nine-month contract for the construction of new containerised water treatment plant for Blama, Bandawor and six surrounding villages, as well as production and transmission of the liquid resource.
The production and transmission system will include the design, construction, supply and installation of the plant while transmission will involve the construction of pipelines.
Prison watch demands justice in police "murder"
By Mustapha Kamara
Prison Watch, a local human rights organisation, has demanded that an investigation be carried out into the death in police custody of a 21-year-old man “and bring the killers to justice”.
James Tamba Fasuluku died at the Approved School police station in Freetown about four months ago, after being allegedly tortured by police officers to obtain statements from him in connection with an alleged robbery matter in eastern Freetown.
