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The start of the rainy season has been marked by a tragedy in Freetown when five people were killed by a boulder in the densely populated part of Gray Bush in the west of Freetown.

It followed a heavy downpour of rain on Sunday morning which rolled down the huge rock crushing people inside the house of adjoining rooms.

People in the neighbourhood were in shock, and wailed as the fourth body was brought out of the rubble while the head of the fifth could be seen as efforts were still ongoing to bring it out in the poor residential neighbourhood.

Joseph Kamara, ACC Boss

By Tilly Barrie

Four men fined Le 500 million each by the Anti-Corruption Commission in a controversial out-of-court settlement in 2012 are yet to pay up, according to the latest Auditor General's report.

Accident vehicle, Photo by Stanley Bangura Jr

The Police Local Unit Commander in Makeni has confirmed the death of 11 people in a gruesome road accident which took place yesterday after a truck carrying mangoes and traders plunged into a narrow bridge on the Gbendembu-Makeni road.

Students of Fourah Bay College have taken a swipe at the college administration.

In an open letter submitted on 1 May 2014 and addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the college, the FBC Human Rights Clinic expresses "dissatisfaction with and strongly condemns the rate at which students’ rights and welfare at Fourah Bay College have degenerated into the mire".

By Bampia James Bundu

Don Bosco Family has provided 50,000 Euros for the construction of boreholes, water tanks and repairs of toilets at the central Pademba Road prison in Freetown.

Director of Don Bosco Family, Lother Wagner, told a press conference that they had been partnering with the prison authorities to ensure the provision of basic amenities for inmates.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Defence and prosecution objections and applications for one reason or another have stalled the start of the mutiny trial of 14 soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces.

For the last three weeks defence lawyers hired by the state had been absent on grounds of non-payment of fees. When they finally showed up yesterday, 5 May, amid expectations that evidence would be led, the matter was adjourned again as the prosecution’s witnesses were absent.

Alpha Alie Jalloh

A 19-year-old blind man is to represent Sierra Leone at an international quranic reading competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Sheikh Fomba A.B. Swaray.