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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.

By Politico staff writer

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has decided that by December this year they will fold up their support for Liberian refugees who are still based in Sierra Leone. Head of UNHCR Multi Country Office based in Senegal, Monique Ekoko made the statement in Freetown in the presence of Liberian refugee leaders from across the country.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

A 56 year- old man Maada Sallia Konneh of Kpetema section in Kenema who was on trial on two count charges for allegedly insulting President Julius Maada Bio and the first lady Fatima Bio has been sentenced to four months imprisonment.

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and the National Tourist Board (NTB) have commissioned the reconstruction and rehabilitation of 24-bedroom hotel, kitchen and classrooms of the Hotel and Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) at the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology’s Brookfield campus in Freetown.

By Politico staff writer

Edmond Abu, a Civil Society activist representing both first and second plaintiffs in a case against three mobile telecommunication companies has told Politico that he has 15 witnesses lined up to testify in the matter against Africell, Orange, Sierratel as service providers and also NATCOM as regulator. 

He said full trial is expected in the coming weeks and had asked that it be streamed live as contained in a widely shared written request from him to the Chief Justice.