Tam-Baryoh
A senior police officer at the Criminal Investigations Department has confirmed to Politico that journalist David Tam-Baryoh has been arrested. The source would give no further detail on what he is being detained for or even the reason for his detention.
Mohamed Jimmy, Prison spokesman
Using his power of prerogative of mercy, Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma has pardoned 157 prisoners nationwide to mark New Year's Day.
By Mathew Kanu in Makeni
While many were busy celebrating the coming of the new year last night a young man in the northern Sierra Leonean city of Makeni had a completely different plan.
25-year-old Alhaji Kamara, a resident of Patefu Masimbo some three miles outside Makeni apparently hanged himself at dawn on New Year's Day, using a nylon rope which he ostensibly tied to the ceiling of the Science Building of the St Francis Secondary School.
Mohamed Sheriff, SALCAB MD
The new year could not have started worse for three of Sierra Leone's nine internet service providers (ISPs) who have had their services deactivated. They are among the leading ISPs in the country.
A Pampa
The head of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration says a collision between two boats off the shores of the coastal town of Tagrin, outside Freetown has left three people dead and a pregnant woman in a critical condition.
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