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By Mohamed Ayoub Conteh

Mariama Sesay, wife of late Ibrahim Sesay, has on Wednesday testified before Magistrate Sahr Kekura in Freetown, in an ongoing preliminary investigations into a one-count charge of malicious damage brought up against Memunatu Sesay, her mother in-law.     

By Abass Jalloh

Visual Artists from across Sierra Leone have converged in Freetown to exhibit their talents and share experiences at the just concluded Barray Art Exhibition 2020.

The Barray Art Exhibition is a festival that is organised twice a year in every April and December. The Final session for 2020 was hosted from 3rd - 13^th December at Toma, Cape Road, Aberdeen.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema 

In an effort to minimize, if not prevent the spread of coronavirus during the upcoming festive season, the Kenema District Covid-19 Emergency Response Center (DICOVERC) has engaged stakeholders over the possibility of enforcing existing regulations to ensure compliance.

The essence of the meeting, according to officials, is to get the views of the local authorities for the enforcement of the measures.

By Kemo Cham and Idrissa Conteh (Carzola)

The police in Bo say they have charged six people for riotous conduct in relation to violent clashes in Barry Village in the Valunia chiefdom.

The accused include one Frederic Boju, an ex-staffer of a mining company who police say hired about 20 men to attack workers of the company over grievances emanating from his sacking.

By Mohamed Ayoub Conteh

Mabinty Bangura, wife of one Amadu Bangura who alleges to have been assaulted by his landlord Abubakarr Kamara, has testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown in the ongoing preliminary investigations into a three-count charge of assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intent to kill.

Led in evidence by Police prosecutor IG Edward Sesay on Monday 14^th December 2020, the witness told the court that she and her husband were tenants to the accused at a house situated at Congo Cross.

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone parliament has on Friday the 11^th of December unanimously approved the foreign investment agreement between Republic of Sierra Leone and Elite Agro-Sierra Leone (EAG) based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate (UAE).

The investing company, Elite Agro LLC, has operations across the globe.

By Kemo Cham

Campaigners for affordable and quality education have called on the Sierra Leone Government to regulate private schools and refocus its invest in public schools to bridge a gap occasioned by overconcentration on the former.