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By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

Months of battle for supremacy within the Limba ethnic group may be close to an end with the announcement of a compromise umbrella union.

The Malimba Development Union (MaDU) was unveiled last Thursday and is scheduled for a formal launch by President Ernest Bai Koroma next week.

The Limba community has been torn between the Limba Development Union (LDU) and the Akutay Friendly Association, both of which claim to be the legitimate umbrella body representing the interest of the Limba people.

OCTEA workers in Kono

Octea mining company in the diamond rich district of Kono, east of Sierra Leone, has agreed to pay some 51 dismissed workers bringing to an end a long-standing impasse around severance packages.

By Umaru Fofana

Irate youths have burned down the police station in Barmoi Luma, following restrictions by police to stem the spread of Ebola in the Kambia District, north of Sierra Leone.

Assistant Inspector General of Police, Foday Dabor, confirmed last night that the incident followed violent scenes earlier between the youths and his men on the ground.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay 

Sierra Leone’s human right record is set to be examined this Wednesday, 27, January, 2016by the United Nations Human Right Council, the second such reviews to be conducted almost five years ago.

The session would focus on how far Sierra Leone had gone to address outstanding human rights concerns in the country since the last review on 6 May, 2011.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

A project by the charity Concern World Wide has offered a rare opportunity for Sierra Leoneans to identify the final resting place of their loved ones who died of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

At the height of the epidemic, changes in the burial policy meant that all burials were done by specialized burial teams. The move was meant to end transmission of the deadly virus through contact with the dead.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone is playing host to a delegation from the United States as part of efforts to advance the Global Health Security Agenda(GHSA), the US embassy in Freetown has announced.

The visit which, started yesterday and would continue till 29, January this year would see the US Government team hold discussions with their Sierra Leonean counters, together with international partners on how to push ahead with the initiative in line with the country’s post-Ebola recovery agenda.

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) faction led by Isha Johanssen has slammed as “illegal” plans to convene a rival national league by a faction of the football community which are against her leadership.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, signed by SLFA Secretary General Chris Kamara, the FA also warned the country’s premier league teams against taking part in the tournament being organized by the faction led by Unisa Alim Sesay, AKA Awoko.

The rift within the SLFA stemmed from the election of Mrs Johanssen in 2013.