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By Mabinty M. Kamara

The opposition Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) has called for the release on bail of its leader and chairman, Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, who has been in police custody for alleged sexual penetration of a minor. 

Mr Mansaray, a former Presidential contender, in the 2018 general elections, was detained by police at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Freetown when he honored an invitation for questioning about a case of an alleged sexual penetration of a 15 year old girl in Kono District.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

People residing in the east end of Freetown have reacted with mix feelings to a recently launched operation by the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), dubbed: ‘Operation Restore Order’.

The Operation, according to the SLP, is aimed at ensuring that drivers of commercial motor vehicles plying the east end of the city to Waterloo take passengers to their actual destinations. It followed widespread complaints by commuters of exploitation by commercial transport drivers.

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo.

A lot of challenges were reported from the just concluded National Primary School Examination (NPSE), mostly in the rural areas, of which Koyeima Secondary School in Valunia Chiefdom in Bo district is not an exception.

An umbrella group of various organisations called Bombali District Human Rights Committee (BDHRC) has issued a statement in which concerns were raised over events surrounding a protest by angry residents in the city of Makeni last month.

The incident reportedly claimed five lives.

While acknowledging the efforts of President Julius Maada Bio to address the concerns, the Committee pointed out that there was still ‘’an uneasy calm, state of fear,” and that an “atmosphere of uncertainty has persisted in the city of Makeni’’.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Action Against Hunger (AAH) has donated water tanks to nine community health centers in the Western Area. The organization said the donation is part of their COVID-19 Emergency Response Program.

On Thursday each of the nine health centers commissioned their 5000 liter water tanks. Some of the health centers are located in areas like Lakka, Wilberforce, Hastings and Campbell Town, where water crisis is a perennial problem.

By Francis H. Murray

The High Court in Freetown has admitted the former Mayor of Freetown Herbert George-Williams to bail along with his co-accused Abu Bakarr Daramy, both of whom are facing two counts charges of murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. They were released on a Le500, 000, 000 bond, backed by two sureties in like sum who are to produce one conveyance each for a property registered with the office of the Registrar General. 

By Newman Anthony Levey in Bo

Justice Alfred Tommy Ganda of the High Court in Bo has remanded the manager of the Juvenile Detention Center in the custody of the Bo Correctional Service for allegedly releasing inmates illegally. Samuel Kamara was booked for releasing Simeon Brassay and Matthew Missalie who were serving a four year jail term each after being convicted for robbery.