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By Alpha Abu

A Cameroonian businessman Clement Chi on Tuesday 13 July 2021 summoned journalists to a briefing at SLAJ headquarters in Freetown in which he narrated how SIMCHI General Trading Company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was swindled close to $400,000 in Sierra Leone by a group of Sierra Leoneans.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.2 has granted bail to two accused persons and at the same time sent four others on remand for alleged theft of electricity supplied by the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) service.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.2 has granted bail to two accused persons and at the same time sent four others on remand for alleged theft of electricity supplied by the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) service.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of Parliament have on Tuesday 13^th July 2021 unanimously   ratified the Dakar-Abidjan treaty that is set to benefit seven countries in the sub-region including Sierra Leone. The treaty expected to ease travel restrictions and boost trade between countries was applauded by all MPs stating that it will create development in the sub-region.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

In a bid to encourage and capacitate women so they could participate in national politics, the advocacy 50-50 Group has conducted a capacity building and empowerment training for women, at the district council hall, in Kenema. The programme’s theme was: “Beyond politics of men, empowering women to be effective in political actions in Sierra Leone ‘’.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the United Kingdom have- in their travel advisory referred to Sierra Leone as a level four country, which means it has high risk of infection of the new COVID-19 variant and therefore warned against non-essential travels to the country.

Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Guinea, Alimamy Hassan Bangura has handed over two Sierra Leonean children found lost on the streets of Conakry to officials of the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs in Kambia.

The two are 13-year-old Amadu Barrie from Falaba District and 10-year-old Mariatu Kamara from Kenema Distruct.

The boy was said to have been lured by his friend to travel with him to Guinea without the knowledge of his parents and strayed after he had been taken to Conakry.