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By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

Over 1.6 million children under the age of five have been vaccinated in the just concluded first round of polio vaccination across the country, with a second round of vaccination, targeting all children below five years, to start on 8th of June this month, according to a statement from the Deputy Health Minister 1, Dr. Charles Senessie.

Senessie made this disclosure during a round two vaccination campaign press briefing on 5th June 2024 at the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in Freetown.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

In a bid to educate young minds about the civil war in Sierra Leone, the outreach officer of the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone, Patrick Fatorma and team delivered a public lecture to students of the Eastern Technical University (ETU) on people prosecuted by the court during the 10 years conflict in the country.

By Saio Marrah

Lead State Prosecutor, Joseph A.K. Sesay in the ongoing court martial has explained that after leading 37 witnesses, the state has closed its case against the 26 soldiers.

Sesay told the court on Wednesday 5^th June, 2024 that the prosecution decided to drop the rest of the 35 witnesses for the sake of progress.

He said the 26 accused persons were charged on various counts, all totaling 88 counts, of which each of the charges were investigated by various commanders pursuant to the military law.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The High Court in Kenema, presided over by Justice Francis Banks Kamara has jailed the former Assistant Finance Officer of Eastern Technical University (ETU), Sheku Abdulai Kamara to 15 years imprisonment for misappropriation of public funds and other offences, with an alternative to pay an estimated NLE 150, 000 (one hundred and fifty thousand New Leone) on the 28^th May, 2024.

By Politico staff writer

President Julius Maada Bio recently told a conference in France that “the absence of access to clean cooking solutions significantly affects Sierra Leone's economy, with estimated annual costs of inaction totaling US$4.7 billion.”

By Alpha Abu 

The country’s two main political parties - the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party and the opposition All People’s Congress  in a bid to diffuse an upsurge in political rhetoric that had the propensity of undermining the peace and stability of the state, have issued a joint statement agreeing to forge a common ground in addressing the problem.

By Mabinty M. Kamara in Bo

In a bid to reduce infant mortality resulting from malnutrition in children in Sierra Leone, the European Union has supported local producers of infant formulas made from home grown nutritious food items for a healthy outcome.