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By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Some concerned youths in Kono, in the eastern diamond rich district of Sierra Leone, have threatened to sustain massive street protests over delay in road works in that part of the country.

The youngsters, who blamed the Sierra Leone Road Authority (SLRA) for the situation, last week staged a ‘warning shot’ signaling their plans to protest the decision to suspend works by the Guinean construction company Guicopress.

By Mustapha Sesay 

A research conducted by the Centre for Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA), Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and Society for Learning and Yearning for Equal Opportunities (SLYEO) has ranked Pujehun District as the worst in terms of child exploitation.

Daddy George, the deceased

By Umaru Fofana
Police in eastern Sierra Leone have banned indefinitely all political activity in the regional headquarters of Kenema, a day after an opposition SLPP supporter was stabbed to death in an apparent intra-party dispute.

By Umaru Fofana

Guinea has dismissed statements by the Sierra Leone police and maritime authorities about a class at sea between the two countries’ navies.

Guinean government spokesman, Damantang Albert Camara says no one was arrested during the Monday morning incident in which the two sides were said to have exchanged fire.

Ebola survivors at the Kingtom cemetery offering prayers

By Mabinty M Kamara

Dozens of men and women who contracted the Ebola virus and recovered from it, yesterday marked the second anniversary of the outbreak in Sierra Leone, with some weeping openly.

House Speaker

By Kemo Cham

Liberian security officials on Wednesday arrested the country’s Speaker of parliament over corruption allegations.

By Kemo Cham

Next week members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) will gather in Bo, southern Sierra Leone, as part of its Triennial General Meeting. Based on a rotational policy, the last elective congress was held in Kenema, in the east. Before then it was Makeni, north of the country.