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By Francis H Murray

A 15-year old pupil who is alleged to have been sexually penetrated multiple times by the leader of the National Democratic Alliance Party Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray testified last Friday before Justice Samuel O. Taylor at the sexual offenses division of the High Court in Freetown.

The witness described herself as a JSS 3 pupil and recognized the accused persons, identifying the second accused, Marion Harouni as her aunt whom she used to stay with in Kono.

The opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) party has referenced the survey on the country’s economy by the Pan-African Afrobarometer research network to highlight a number of concerns with regards to the increase in the prices of basic food items and called for serious government action to reverse the trend.

A statement from NGC says there is a steady increase in the prices of food items with no corresponding increase in income. 

By Kemo Cham

The northern region of Sierra Leone has got its first biosafety laboratory with the inauguration over the week of the first Covid-19 testing lab in Makeni.

Minister of Health and Sanitation, Prof. Alpha T. Wurie, presided over the symbolic inauguration ceremony hosted at the Wusum Hotel in Makeni City.

Officials say the lab will enhance the country’s covid-19 response effort, thereby reducing turnaround time for testing for districts in the northern region.

By Francis H. Murray

Detective Sergeant 10745 Joy Mariama Kargbo, attached to the Criminal Investigations Department, Lumley policy station has testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba in the ongoing preliminary investigations into alleged murder of a five year-old girl.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Government of Sierra Leone has denied claims that it has sold the Sierra Leone Cable Network Limited (SALCAB).

In a statement released by the Ministry of Information on Saturday, the authorities explained that they were working on a plan to unbundle the functions of the company instead.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), is set to increase its testing capacity of the Coronavirus Disease from about 500 to 1,000 daily, with the training of 30 scientists as laboratory technicians.

The trainees were presented with certificates last week after completing two weeks intensive theoretical training.

Sierra Leone recorded 0.60%, 1.45% and 0.82% increase in COVID-19 total cases, total deaths and total recoveries respectively in 48 hours, from Thursday (10:00 am) to Saturday (10:00 am).