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In what appears to be a White Paper, the Sierra Leone Government has upheld the Governance Transition Report alleging widespread corruption in the Ernest Bai Koroma administration, and endorsed recommendations contained therein.

In a statement from State House, cabinet has thereby instructed that the Chief Minister and the Attorney General lead the implementation of the recommendations “in a timely manner”.

The Attorney-General is to set up a Commission of Inquiry to be co-led by a foreign judge and a Sierra Leonean judge whose names will be announced shortly.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

Sierra Leoneans must start treating their pet dogs with respect and care if the country is to meet the global target of eliminating rabies by 2030, animal rights campaigners have pleaded.

The campaigners blame the deplorable condition of dogs for the prevalence in rabies, a deadly viral disease that’s said to claim over 200 lives in the country annually.

Rabies is transmitted via the bite of an infested animal, and spreads from the saliva of the vector, causing inflammation to the brain in humans and other mammals.

NATIONAL MINERALS AGENCY

PRESS RELEASE

DISCOVERY OF 144.12 CARAT DIAMOND IN SIERRA LEONE

Freetown, 3^rd July 2018. The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (MMMR) and the National Minerals Agency (NMA) hereby inform the general public that a 144.12 carat diamond was brought to the Precious Minerals Trading Department of the NMA for valuation and certification on the 28^th June 2018, by a diamond exporter, with a valid exporter’s licence numbered DEL 08/18. 

The human rights organisation, Amnesty International has called on the new government in Sierra Leone to end police crackdown on peaceful protests.

In a  new report released today, the group also calls for the lifting of restrictions on peaceful demonstrations “and ending entrenched impunity for police killings of protesters” .

Starprize winner of the Onlime December 2017 promotions has returned and was welcomed at their Hill Station office by Onlime’s chairman, Stuart Bentham, who heard testimonies from her 5-day all-expenses-paid trip to Accra, Ghana.

Hawanatu Agnes Songo, who travelled with her partner, said their stay at the Roots Apartment Hotel, the serene and beautiful neighbourhood of Off Oxford Street in Osu, was breathtakingly important for them as partners and first time travellers.

“I am grateful to God and Onlime. I have never travelled out of Sierra Leone. I am super excited and I look forward to the experience of traveling to a country like Ghana”, says star prizewinner of the Onlime December 2017 Promotions.

Hawanatu Agnes Songo was recently addressing the media at the offices of Onlime 33 Regent Road, Hill Station in Freetown, where she also stated that: “I guess my passion for going out with friends and having fun and sharing posts and photos of those bits on Limey social networking site has paid off”.   

EXCERPT: Human rights campaigners in the West African nation are cherry-picking which rights they defend on the basis of religion, culture, and tradition, leaving LGBTQ communities vulnerable.

AUTHOR: Kemo Cham