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By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Clashes over land between residents of Kamasoko and Kamawornie villages in the Sela Limba Chiefdom, Kamakwie in the northern district of Bombali have left ten people injured.

Abu Conteh, an indigene of Kamawornie village, told Politico that violence between the two villages broke out when Lamin Samura,the headman of Kamawornie village along with some residents of Kamasoko village went to work on a piece of land which some students in the Kamawornie village had already identified to do  some work.

By Mustapha Sesay

Sierra Leone has finally ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, commonly referred to as the Maputo Protocol.

The ratification by Parliament last week Thursday comes nearly 12 years since the country signed the Protocol which was created to supplement the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right after it was widely observed that the latter failed to capture specific issues considered of grave importance to womanhood.

By Mustapha Kamara Jr

Media stakeholders from different media and academic institutions and senior legal luminaries in the country, have reviewed and made relevant recommendations to the proposed media bills, which are intended to bring reforms in the media landscape of Sierra Leone.

By Mustapha Kamara Jr

The Political Parties’ Registration Commission (PPRC) has said they will cease mediation into the matter between the national executive of the Sierra Leone People’s Party and Alie Essa Bangura, a former member of the party.

Its commissioner, Justice Tholla Thompson, said the complainant Amb Bangura’s representatives abruptly decided to abandon the negotiations process to go to court.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Health Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Jason Lee, has warned that any delay in the implementation of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) would hamper the Sierra Leone government’s effort to achieving zero Ebola infections.

One of the country’s leading mobile companies, Africell, has handed over Le50 million to a tailor who won one of the electronic draws organized by the company.

Manso Conteh, 37, said the money was the biggest sum he had ever held in his life, beating the Le12million he had had before.

“I did not think Africell would lie like other people say,” the husband and father of two said.

The GSM operator is currently hosting a raffle – Africell Ramadan Game Show 2015 – aimed at promoting its millions of subscribers during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

The Chinese mobile phone company Huawei is collaborating with one of Sierra Leone`s leading mobile phone companies, Africell, to launch their smart phone and mifi internet facility.

The Chinese company is marketing its newest product HUAWEI, the top two android smart phones and top one data brand all over the world.