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By Politico staff writer

Thieving of electricity power lines, siphoning of power supply by businesses and homes, and the latest spate of vandalisation of substations and transformers have become very alarming these days. The destruction of transformers in particular has plunged communities into darkness, an act that has caused public outrage.

By Nasratu Kargbo

A 16 year-old girl named Adama Kalokoh who has been diagnosed with breast cancer is pleading for assistance so she could get medical treatment that she so desperately needs.  

By Saio Marrah

President Julius Maada Bio at the state opening of parliament has showcased his three years of achievements and disclosed his development plans for the country.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Justice Alusine Sesay on the 18^th May, 2021 sentenced Joseph Maco Bangura and Andrew Jabbati Panda to 3 and 2 years imprisonment respectively in two separate cases of larceny and robbery at the Freetown High court.

Bangura, 25, was accused of stealing one Tecno Spark 5 mobile phone valued at 1,500,000 Leones on the 20^th December, 2020. The matter was brought to high court after a committal warrant in the Magistrate Court. He wasted no time in pleading guilty to the charge on the first day of his trial.

By Mohamed Conteh

Justice Alusine Sesay has issued a bench warrant for 45 jurors at the start of the May 2021 criminal sessions of the High Court in Freetown. The judge issued the order after a roll call of 205 jurors was done which revealed a sizeable number of absentees.  He admonished the jurors to treat their work with seriousness as they have a moral obligation to the court and the country in general.

He acknowledged the need for training of jurors as they will be sitting in cases like murder, robbery and larceny.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Pupils of the Selenga Junior Secondary School in Dambala, Bo district, southern Sierra Leone have stopped schooling after a heavy downpour of rain accompanied by heavy storm left the school building unroofed.

Reverend Father Rowland U. OKoru, Manager of schools in Selenga told Politico that on the night of the 16^th May 2021, the community experienced rain fall with thunder and lightning. And in the morning, they noticed that it has caused devastation on some church structures and other buildings including the school.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Ahead of the five years report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators, Civil Society Coalition on Land, Human rights and other natural resources have engaged to assess the progresses made so far in meeting the land right indicator on the SDG which Sierra Leone committed to.