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By Kemo Cham

The government`s plan of monitoring the learning process has received a major boost with over $200,000 worth of equipment in the form of computers and office equipment.

The package from the United Nations children agency Unicef was secured with the help of the United Kingdom`s international development arm, DFID, and it was handed over to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), according to a release by the UN agency.

By Crispina Taylor

Sierra Leone`s lawmakers last week returned to work after the end of the 2015 recess.

At their first sitting on Thursday October 8, the MPs attended to the 2013-2014 report of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD), presented to the House by Deputy Minister of Political and Public Affairs Karamo Kabba. The House also approved some presidential nominees during that session.

By Kemo Cham

The independence of the Sierra Leone judiciary is once again on test with the unveiling on Thursday of a landmark lawsuit against a major government ministry.

The Ministry of Education has been sued for its controversial decision in shutting down the Leone Preparatory School early this year over the vexing issue of school fees and academic terms.

The school wants the High Court to rule on the legality of the action.

Peter Nderitu, VSO Sierra Leone boss

By Kemo Cham 

A new report released Tuesday, October 6, has shed light on the devastating impact of the Ebola virus disease on maternal and child healthcare in Sierra Leone.

Striking Workers of OCTEA (2)

By Septimus Senessie in Kono 

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

In the face of wide public outcry over the conduct of members of the Sierra Leone Police and the Police Complaints, Discipline and Internal Investigations Department (SLP/CDIID) which was set up to check the force, the government thought it fit to set up the Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) to handle issues relating to police discipline.

By Kemo Cham

The Ebola outbreak and its effect on the healthcare work force in Sierra Leone exposed the weakness of the system and emphasized the need to place premium on training, medical students and officials have said.

When the epidemic erupted, healthcare workers were at the forefront as expected. And even after months into the ‘battle’ there was very little knowledge about the disease, leaving a vast proportion of the population, many of them medical personnel themselves, highly vulnerable.