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By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The trial for the murdered Rtd. Army Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Samuel Omar Williams has commenced at the High Court in Freetown. The murder case resumed on Thursday 15^th July, 2021.

The former CDS was said to have been gunned down on Thursday 22^nd December 2016 at his residence at Devil Hole community, not too far from Waterloo, in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Member of Parliament for constituency 129, Emmanuel Saidu Conteh has been refused bail by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Court No. 1 in Freetown.
Conteh was in court on Tuesday 14 July 2021together with Nabieu Issa Bangura, Michael Alpha and Sheriff Jalloh on allegations of unlawful possession of firearms. They are charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and illegal importation of arms and ammunition. The said arms and ammunition were allegedly discovered at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, according to the Police.

By Mabinty M. Kamara
The High Court in Gambia’s capital Banjul has sentenced to death by hanging Yankuba Touray, a former minister of Agriculture under the ex-President Yahya Jammeh’s regime. Touray is a former member of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) that ruled Gambia for two years after they overthrew the then government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in 1994.

By Mabinty M. Kamara 
A book titled ‘Operation Khukri: the untold story of Indian Army's bravest peacekeeping mission abroad’ narrating the experience of an Indian author who happens to be the commander of a detachment of 233 soldiers, surrounded by rebel forces during  a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone, has been officially launched in India. The event took place yesterday 15 July 2021.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Member of Parliament Mohamed Billoh Shaw of constituency 039 has called on parliamentary committee chairpersons to be more active, saying many matters are brought up in the Well but few reports and actions are made by committee chairmen. He said committee heads should be more responsible and asked the parliamentary leadership to take note.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Civil Society groups across mining communities in Sierra Leone have converged in Freetown to reflect on the implementation of the Community Development Agreement (CDA) fund for affected mining communities.

The Community Development Agreement is a legally binding agreement as provided for in the 2009 Mines and Minerals Act No. 12 that every large scale mining company should subscribe to, in its relationship with its primary host communities.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Miatta Kargbo, former Minister of Health and Sanitation, has been ordered to pay the sum of Le 1,932,569,405 to the State by the Court of Appeal in Freetown after she lost her appeal of the findings of the Commissions of Inquiry.