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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As part of many recommendations to ensure peace and stability in Sierra Leone, the country’s Labour Congress has called on the Sierra Leone Police to make detention facilities across the country accessible to human rights groups in order to ascertain they are designed to uphold the dignity and rights of detainees.

The group in a Press Statement  following a General Meeting, also called on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to engage the Sierra Leone Police to ensure that detention facilities are human rights friendly.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Surgeon who is also the Medical Superintendent at the Government Hospital in Kenema has disclosed that surgery for children suffering from cleft palates will commence this August in Kenema.

Speaking to Politico on the 21^st of July 2022, Dr. Ibrahim Kapuwa described cleft palate as a condition that causes difficulty in speech and breastfeeding for children born with it and that they are most discriminated against in their communities as they grow up.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

An assessment report by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has indicated lack of digitalize information systems in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs).

The assessment according to officials was conducted through Global Development Advisory (GDA) with support from the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) and the Government of Sierra Leone, to assess the data landscape and its use in the country.

By Abass Jalloh

The Second Prosecution Witness at the ongoing Magistrate Court trial of seven men accused of various offences during campaigning for a Parliamentary Bye-election in Tonkolili District  last month has presented exhibits of items that he said were recorded by the Police relating to the case.

By Abass Jalloh

Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No. 1 has acquitted and discharged one Santigie Manika Kamara who was accused of damaging corporate structure on a land belonging to a church at Mile 96 in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The rehabilitation  of the national stadium that started in April this year is progressing well as captured during a conducted tour of the complex by the Minister of Sports, Engineers and Journalists.

During the tour, the minister Ibrahim Nyelenkeh explained that since the stadium has been closed to the public for some time now, there have been concerns by the public as to the progress being made so far in the rehabilitation process.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In a bid to aid the constraints faced by students in accessing conducive classrooms, an alumnus of Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone (USL) has handed over an ultra-modern building to the college administration.

Speaking at the commissioning of the building, the alumnus Engineer Alhaji Mohamed Babatunde Cole said that the gesture is just part of meeting his duty to his alma mater.