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By Mabinty M. Kamara

Ahead of the tribunal to investigate the suspended Auditor General, Lara Taylor-Pearce and one of her deputies, Tamba Momoh, the Audit Service Sierra Leone has on the 9^th of December 2021 presented the 2020 annual report to the house of parliament.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens has ordered for a pupil, Jacob Musa, to be remanded in prison based on allegations that he sexually penetrated his 17-year-old ‘girlfriend’.

Musa was arraigned at the Sexual Offences Model Court in Freetown on Wednesday 8^th December this year.

New evidence of the matter was revealed in court on Wednesday after the State Prosecutor, Musa Pious Sesay Jr. led Detective Sergeant 11234, Charles Conteh, in evidence as to the third witness for the prosecution.

By Mohamed Macarthy

In their continued fight against Gender Based Violence in Sierra Leone, Plan International Sierra Leone on the 8^th December 2021 advocated for a robust end to Gender Based Violence and other domestic crimes against women and girls.

The advocacy which took place at the Lumley roundabout in Freetown attracted women and girls and other reputable advocacy networks from other districts across the country.

By Saio Marrah

Landowners of Maforkie and Marampa Chiefdoms in Port Loko District have called on the government to make sure Sierramin Bauxite Mining Company pays the two years surface rent and salaries of 394 workers.

They made this request when officials from the National Minerals Agency and Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources went to the Marampa Chiefdom on Wednesday 8^th of December 2021 to update them about the government's decision to cancel the mining license of the company.

By politico staff writer

 Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Dr.Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh together with the Minister of Energy in Sierra Leone, Kanja Sesay has on the 7^th December 2021 held discussions with the Energy Minister in Ghana on experience sharing within the energy sector in Ghana.

The bilateral meeting is geared towards transferring huge knowledge and creating huge positive impacts in order to transform Sierra Leone’s energy sector.

By Saio Marrah

The parliament of Sierra Leone has on Thursday, 09^th December 2021 approved the agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the Miro Forestry Sierra Leone Limited for tree planting and manufacturing of its produce in the country.

According to the minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, the company will be planting one to two million trees per year, and that the company will also be using the product to make a wide range of products that include electric poles, plywoods, and among others furniture.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The High Court in Freetown is set to rule on the legality of the All People’s Congress (APC) National Advisory Committee’s (NAC) decision bordering on selections made in the running up to the 2018 elections.

This development took place on Wednesday 8^th December 2021 when Jesse Jengo, the lawyer representing APC Diaspora member Alfred Peter Conteh, said NAC’s selection decision in 2017 was illegal since it is against the party’s 1995 Constitution.