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By Septimus Senessie in Kono

An abandoned mining pit at Number Nine Junction in Kono district has claimed the lives of two pupils, Simeon Ansumana, 9, of the Seventh Day Adventist Primary School and Tamba Kanjay, 10, of the Life Primary school.

The kids, who stayed 300 meters away at Old NDMC camp, had gone to swim in the 7-foot deep still water which was apparently left behind by massive mining activities.

By Bampia James Bundu

General manager of MKDS Jahs building and construction company, Alhaji Samura, has laid claim to the controversial Grassfield Power Magazine community land much to the chagrin of youth and some community elders.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

A pilot school project, which aims at raising “agents of change”, will be officially launched by the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) secretariat today, February 13, at the Atlantic Hall, National Stadium Hostel in Freetown. It will follow a two-day training of over one hundred pupils in four secondary schools to become “agents of change or peer educators in schools and society”.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

First prosecution witness (PW1) in the ongoing preliminary investigation of three accused persons who allegedly pirated hundreds of Sierra Leonean movies, has identified hundreds of pirated movies tendered as evidence before magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No.2 in Freetown.

Film maker and director, Pastor Aiah, tendered the over 1,000 CDs alongside a monitor, a CPU, a writer or burner, a video camera and a printer. He said the pirated films were being sold at Le 2,500 whiles original copies were being sold at Le 10,000.

Few of the students fetching water at the site

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

By Jenneh Braima

Youth of Segbwema town in the Njaluahun chiefdom, Kailahun district say they are in the final stages of planning a demonstration against the road construction company, ISU for “violating an agreement with the community people”.

Speaking to Politico, the local parliamentarian, Abu Jajua of constituency 07, said: “I am aware of a demonstration being planned by youth of the community but I have calmed them down until we meet with stakeholders”.

By Mohamed Massaquoi

The Police Family Support Unit in Pujehun town has confirmed the discovery of a seven-month-old baby in a pit latrine in Yikandor village in the Kpanga Karbondeh chiefdom, Pujehun district.

Constable Lahai Koroma told Politico that the baby was found alive by one Musa Kaitibie and the matter was reported to them on the 1 February this year by the town chief, Jusu Moibel.