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By Politico staff writer

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Rashid Sesay last Thursday engaged executive members of the Sierra Leone Community in the Gulf-State, encouraging them to conduct themselves within the confines of the UAE laws.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning has expressed concern over the rate at which houses are collapsing in the capital Freetown.

The Deputy Director of Housing in the Lands Ministry, Abubakarr Jalloh in a media interview noted that they want to see people reside in beautiful houses and safe environments. He realized that most people are not even taking building permits from the ministry before  embarking on construction.

By Saio Marrah

 Three out of four men – including a 54-year-old British national with dual Sierra Leonean citizenship have appeared before a magistrate in Freetown in connection with an alleged embezzlement of one piece of diamond weighing two hundred and sixty-four (264) carats with an estimated value of forty-two million, two hundred and forty thousand United States Dollars ($42,240,000), property of Benjamin Merer.

By Saio Marrah

Alie Badara Kanu alias Captain Makeni, 49 and Thaimu Bangura, 59, first and second accused persons respectively have appeared before a magistrate in Freetown charged with one count on treason and another for misprision of treason. 

 They appeared before magistrate Santigie Bangura on Tuesday August 13, 2024 for Preliminary Investigation (PI) and were not required to make a plea.

 By Saio Marrah

 Joseph Seilenga has been jailed for six months for stealing two thousand Leones (Le 2,000) and other items from the dwelling house of one Mohamed Bangura.

 On Tuesday August 13, 2024 Magistrate Santigie Bangura, sentenced the 21 year-old after he confessed to the offences when the charge was read out to him. The magistrate said he took into consideration the fact that the convict was a first-time offender and he did not waste the court’s time.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanh

The Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Salima Bah has said the current internet malfunction is as a result of the current upgrading of all internet services across the country to 4G.

Bah was speaking at the Ministry of Information and Civic Education’s weekly press briefing on 13^th of August this year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conference room, where she stated that the upgrading by mobile network operators will be completed by the end of August 2024.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

As the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) declares Monkeypox dubbed (Mpox) a health emergency for the African continent, Sierra Leone’s National Public Health Agency has in a press statement urged the public to take preventive measures and report any suspected cases of the disease to healthcare authorities across the country.