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By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Chairman of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), Abdulai Masiambay Bangura has expressed concerns about the challenges faced in the ongoing Voter Registration exercise in the country.

The PPRC boss disclosed that the turnout in Kenema City was appalling compared to other places he had visited in the country, which he said is a serious concern to both PPRC and the leadership of Political Parties in the Eastern region. He urged stakeholders in Kenema to go out and intensify sensitization of the public.

By Saio Marrah

The annual Hazards Calendar by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), has indicated that the country is moving from flooding to windstorm season. 

This was revealed during a PowerPoint presentation by the Director of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation of NDMA, Abubakarr Bangura, at the last government weekly press briefing. 

By Nasratu Kargbo

Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) has released a report highlighting press freedom issues that occurred in Sierra Leone in 2022.

The August 2022 report mentioned a series of attacks, death threats, and alleged “assassination attempts” on different journalists across the country.

By Alpha Abu

Maripoma Enterprise Limited has shipped into Sierra Leone a huge batch of machinery to kick-start construction of the Tikonko-Mattru Jong Road in the South of the country.

Chief Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa and Journalists were on Monday taken through a vast area at Queen Elizabeth Quay in Freetown where the machines have been offloaded.

By Abass Jalloh 

Principal Magistrate, Mark Ngegba, presiding the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown, has given a final instruction to the prosecution to provide evidence of the mental evaluation of Kassim Watfa, who was alleged by the defense to have an unsound mind.

Watfa was charged for allegedly murdering Sergeant Mahmoud Barrie, a soldier of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), at Hill Station, Freetown, in May this year.

By Abass Jalloh

Principal Magistrate Mark Ngegba, of the Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown, has levied a one hundred thousand (NLe 100,000) bail condition on Abass Kabba who was accused of stealing from Sahr Ellie the sum of fifty thousand Leones (NLe 50,000) and unlawfully evicting him at his shop. 

Kabba was before the court to answer to charges of Unlawful Eviction and Larceny contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.

By Abass Jalloh

The defense team representing seven men charged for committing various public order offences in the Sambaia Bendugu bye-election in Tonkolili district has expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of both the prosecution and its witness(es) for the continuation of the matter.

On Thursday 1st September 2022, the prosecution appeared in court, but there was no witness for the trial to commence, so the matter was adjourned to Monday 5th September 2022 due to this disruption.