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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Fugitive former worker of the National Revenue Authority, wanted by the Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged conspiracy to defraud the state, made her first appearance in court yesterday.

Elizabeth King, 33, a former revenue officer, indicted alongside sixteen others in the on-going NRA/Ecobank fraud case and who had been on the run for the past three months, was arrested in The Gambia by the international police, INTERPOL.

By Fasalie Kamara

US State Department yesterday interacted with African journalists through video and audio links to sound opinions on the country’s foreign policy on the continent.

Journalists across different countries in Africa sent in messages through the state department’s website on different issues common but also peculiar to different countries across the continent.

The Governor of the central bank of Sierra Leone, ShekuSambadeenSesay has reacted to a letter written to him by Freetown lawyer Yada William which was carried in our Tuesday edition.

The lawyer had questioned the governor’s appointment of the head of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank during the recent trials of senior officials on fraud allegations. They were later found not wanting.

In a letter to Politico, a lawyer for the bank, SullayMannah said the bank had replied to the letter, which follows:

Yada H Williams

7 Walpole Street

Freetown

By Jenneh Braima

Save the Children Sierra Leone’s “Everyone Campaign”has planned a marathon challenge to call on world leaders and decision makers to take urgent actions on child survival and to fight against injustice against children.

Joanna Tom Kargbo, who manages the campaign, told Politico at their King Herman Road office in Freetown that child survival was important because no child was born to die.

By Kenneth Thompson  

A delegation from one of the biggest music schools in London,Wells Music Academy was in Sierra Leone to pass on different music expertise to Balanta Music Academy, the country’s biggest.

Project manager of the visiting school, Amy Hugil, told Politico that their being here was to share a friendly gesture and to help the burgeoning music school where necessary.