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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The former Minister and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare Gender and Children’s Affairs (MSWGCA) faced each other on Wednesday at the ongoing Commissions of Inquiry.

Dr Sylvia Blyden who was the minister at MSWGCA in the last administration of President Ernest Bai Kroroma, is a person of interest at the commission for allegedly perpetrating violence against children. Her deputy at the time, Rugiatu Neneh Turay is a witness against her in the case the State is building.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Sierra Leone Police has warned against any planned protest within the capital without permission from them. The warning comes in the wake of a social media message which has gone viral, trying to rally people to turn out and demonstrate against the current government of President Julius Maada Bio.

Police made the warning during a press conference at their Headquarters in Freetown.

The group that is organizing the protest is known as Concerned Citizens.  

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Civil Society Organizations working in the natural resources governance sector and economic justice have presented their input into ongoing review of the 2009 Mines and Minerals Act.

The organisations, through an umbrella body called NaRGEJ (Natural Resources Governance and Economic Justice), presented their input as a set of recommendations to the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources on Tuesday, September 10.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The President of the Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU), Mohamed Sallieu Bangura has condemned the move by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to publicly shame teachers who were arrested over the weekend on allegations of examination malpractice.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday 7^th September 2019 commissioned 327 female soldiers into the Republic of Sierra Leone Arm Forces (RSLAF) at the Benguema Armed Forces Training Center.

This is the first batch of all female recruitment training conducted since 1978, the last time the Sierra Leone army recruited an all-female batch of soldiers.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

Security officials in the southern Sierra Leonean district of Pujehun are investigating the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of a tourist. 

The body of the deceased, identified through documents found on him as a German national named Erwin Schbel, was found in a vehicle he was traveling in along the Zimmi – Kenema highway.

By Mabinty Kamara

An Egyptian firm, the Horse Fishing Company, is under pressure to explain the sudden disappearance of one of its staff who is feared dead after falling off into the sea.

Abdul Rahman Foday Janneh, 42, went missing since August 29. He was reportedly part of a team that was trying to rescue a sinking boat belonging to the company when he fell into the water and suddenly disappeared.

The incident which happened in Jui, the base of the company, is also the subject of police investigation.