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By Abass Jalloh

Lawyer Ady Macauley has on Wednesday 22^nd June 2022 filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Michael Sovula for allegedly failing to grant bail or bring his clients to court, describing it as “illegal detention of suspects”.

By Saio Marrah

Minister of Defence, Retired Brigadier General Kellie Hassan Conteh has described the recognition of Sierra Leonean fighters in World War 1 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in a book titled “book of remembrance” as correcting moral wrongs.

The book contains the names of over 900 Sierra Leonean soldiers who fought and died in World War 1 over one hundred years ago.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Sitting in public transport, there was complete silence as the bus approached a gas station that was very chaotic with cars, tricycles, bike riders and able-bodied men with gallons of different sizes in their hands struggling to access fuel. The sight left the other twenty passengers, driver and apprentice raising questions over the possibility of another increase in the price of fuel.

By Abass Jalloh

Girls have again emerged as the first three best candidates for the just-released results of the 2022 National Primary School Examination (NPSE) in Sierra Leone with one taking the first position and two others sharing the second position.

Similar progress in girls' education was recorded in 2020 with three girls leading the national primary school-leaving examination.

By Abass Jalloh

All Political Parties Association- Sierra Leone (APPA-SL) has called for the use of the Proportional Representation (PR) system in the upcoming 2023 national elections, as against the First Past the Post (FPTP) system.

The association made this call yesterday 12^th July 2022 at a press conference at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, reacting to the PR and Draft Political Parties Bill that is currently before parliament.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Arguing against Proportional Representation (PR) as the best electoral system for true democracy and national cohesion in Sierra Leone, lawyer Fatmata Sorie has affirmed that changing the electoral system has little or nothing in achieving true democracy and national cohesion, if government systems and structures were not fixed.

By Saio Marrah

Five political parties have in a communiqué at a Strategic Planning retreat for their senior leadership at Radisson Blu hotel in Freetown last Friday, called on the government of Sierra Leone to give a subvention to parties as administrative support to enhance their participation in the country’s politics.