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By Kemo Cham

The credibility of the legal profession in Sierra Leone has been called into question by the disrobing of three lawyers as disciplinary action by the General Legal Council.

The disgraced lawyers, who include the formerly revered Lawyer Shears Moses, were fingered for unprofessional conduct. Lawyer Moses was himself indefinitely suspended pending an appeal against his conviction relating to his involvement in exams malpractice when he headed the Law Department at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone (USL).

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

A major operation designed to decongest Freetown’s highways has been received with mixed feelings.

The operation, dubbed ‘Operation Push Back’, entails reclaiming parts of six highways across the city which have been characterized by heavy traffic due to street hawking and unwise use of the main roads. The operation entails forcing pedestrians to use designated footpaths for walking and traders, who have colonized certain parts of the streets, are also forced to relocate to market areas.

By Hassan J. Koroma

Njala University has convened its first MIT J-Wel Seminar, three months after it was admitted into the prestigious MIT J-Well Fellows Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) has presented data from the first ever geospatial map of local courts in Sierra Leone.

The data wee obtained from a study conducted through a collaborative research with a UK-based Sierra Leonean as part of his doctoral research documenting court cases at chiefdom levels and assessing the efficiency, accessibility and the cost associated with the local courts system in the country.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

An anti-trafficking organization has called for more budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Social Welfare to enable it appropriately respond to an increasing spate of human trafficking across Sierra Leone.

The annual allocation to the ministry has hoovered below 1 percent over the last decade.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Daughter of deceased journalist, Ibrahim Samura has condemned the failure of the Sierra Leone Police to bring his suspected murderers to justice. Ballamatu Samura is particularly concerned with the slow pace at which the investigation has been conducted by the police.

Last week marked the first anniversary of the death of the fearless human rights journalist. He reportedly died due to injuries he sustained from beating by political operatives.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The Sierra Leone government has dismissed reports of a fuel shortage in the country despite the presence of long ques at fuel stations on Monday 10 June..

Minister of Trade and Industry, Edward Sandi, said there is no fuel shortage and attributed the ques to delay in the delivery of a fuel consignment into the country.

“Such delays caused the public to speculate that there is fuel shortage in the country,” the Minister said.

“There is no fuel shortage” he stressed.