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By Umaru Fofana 

After nearly three years, a high court in Bo, southern Sierra Leone will today deliver its verdict in a trial of six leaders of an indigenous activist group of landowners in Sahn chiefdom in Pujehun District.

The six are accused of malicious damage and conspiracy, with Shaka Sama, a former member of parliament, facing a third count of incitement for allegedly mobilizing locals to resist the farming activities of the agribusiness company, Socfin which is parentally owned by the French company, Bollore.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr 

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern over 48 missing Ebola contacts in Kambia and urged the government to intensify the search for them.

Its country representative, Dr Anders Nordstrom, said the continued absence of the missing contacts increased the risk of the spread of the virus. He was speaking at a press conference convened on the day of the release of some 73 people who were under quarantine in three districts in the north of the country.

By Kemo Cham

The President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is expected to arrive in Freetown today for a three-day visit.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) in Kono is faced with allegations of bribery and corruption where it has embarked on an expansion of power supply. Authorities say they are baseless.

Residents this week accused “rogue elements within the power supply authority” of taking undue advantage of the high demand for connection to the grid and were making illegal payment requests for meter installations.

Interior of the Q400 Bombardier plane

By Tanu Jalloh 

A lawmaker of south-eastern Grand Gedeh County has raised alarm that after the recent meeting of chiefs and elders in Guiglo, La Cote d’Ivoire, which was attended by Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Alassane Ouattara, more than 500 foreign nationals from the Cote d’Ivoire side of the border have encroached on Liberian territory.

CSE at work in Sierra Leone

The Senegalese construction company, Compagnie Sahelienne d’Entreprise (CSE), has threatened to pull out of Sierra Leone because the government failed to pay them for construction work, according to Starafrica.com.