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By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Co-chairman of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) has warned the Sierra Leone subset of the global initiative against the implication political interference.

The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is seeking to promote transparency in payments in the extractive sector.

Dr Steave Manteaw was assessing the work of the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) in Freetown.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

A magistrate court, sitting in the southern district town of Pujehun, has committed for trial in the high court in Bo two cases of sexual offences ranging from rape and sexual penetration and one on larceny.

Magistrate George Edwin said Kamanda Massaquoi, who told the police that he was 16 years old, had a case to answer to in the high court on one count charge of rape, contrary to section six of the sexual offences Act of 2012 being his instrument.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Young Entrepreneurs Network, a local civil society organisation focusing on the training of young people in entrepreneurial skills, has called on government to improve on its skills training schemes for the youths.

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

Their fear is that they will lose votes in elections if they eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). And their argument is that the practice is an age-old aspect of our tradition. But they will not say the former openly. And when they are forced to talk about the issue they will either be hesitant or reticent.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

As a way of promoting quality education in deprived communities, the charity Action Aid International has awarded 40 scholarships to 40 lucky pupils who had the 40 best results on the 2014 National Primary School Examinations (NPSE).

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and the National Ebola Response Center (NERC) are insisting that a specimen from a stillborn baby delivered at the Aberdeen Women Center (AWC) last month is Ebola positive.

The incident caused a row between the NERC and the hospital which accused the former of violating protocol and questioned the authenticity of test result.

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

The Sierra Leone (SLAJ) has denied inability to account for money it secured for sensitization about the Ebola outbreak.

A social media reports alleged that the umbrella journalist association had failed to account for a sum of Le300 m given to it to raise awareness about the deadly Ebola virus across the country.