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Judge Advocate Otto During

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

New fire engine on full display

By Bampia James Bundu

The minister of transport and aviation, Leonard Balogun Koroma on Tuesday commission a new "sides fire engine" for the Sierra Leone Airport Authority (SLAA).

By Mustapha Sesay

The executive director of ActionAid, Sierra Leone has informed the media his organization has received international backing from twenty countries in the fight against "land grabbing" in Africa.

Mohamed Sillah made this announcement while issuing a news released to journalists at his office in Aberdeen, Freetown. He said the twenty countries included Kenya, Tanzania, India Cambodia Denmark, Italy, USA, France and the Netherlands.

The Chargé d’Affaires of the US embassy has said in Freetown that all governments have a commitment to uphold freedom of speech which she described as a "fundamental freedom".  Kathleen Fitz-Gibbon said  "restrictions on journalists are restrictions on all of us in a democracy. Journalists and other members of the media must be able to investigate, research, publish, and disseminate news, information, and opinions freely. They need to be able to do so without intimidation or fear and threat of physical harm".

By Mabinty Kamara

A thirty-seven year old petty trader is nursing wounds she sustained after an encounter with police officers led by LUC Memunatu Conteh along Kissy road in Freetown. The officers were taking part in an operation to clear traders from the footpath of the road.

By Bampia James Bundu

The Minister of Heath and Sanitation, Miatta Kargbo has declared Kailahun and Kenema as a high risk zone for the Ebola virus.

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

A senior member of the opposition SLPP has called on their former chairman and leader, John Oponjo Benjamin, to put their differences aside and support Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio’s leadership for 2017 elections. Bio led the party to the 2012 elections and lost to the current government of Ernest Bai Koroma.