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By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Samuel Thomas Bojohn, the Assistant Director of Don Bosco Fambul, a charity organization specialized in child protection, said his organization has recorded nearly 50, 000 street children in Sierra Leone.

Out of this 2, 500 were in the Western Area, he said.

By Bampia James Bundu  

The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) has engaged the All Political Parties Women Association (APPWA) on a two-day constitutional review exercise, held in Bo for APPWA members in the southern and eastern regions.

Commissioner Alhaji Muctarr William of the PPRC encouraged political parties to work on a gender policy that would be included in their individual parties’ constitutions. That, he said, would enable them to be at the helm of decision making process.

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), is set to eradicate ‘Peste des petits ruminants’ (PPR), an animal disease that kills 90 percent of its victims within days, by 2030.

This position was revealed by the ministry’s Deputy Minister I, Honorable Marie Jalloh, as the outcome of a meeting of ministers and over 300 representatives from regional bodies and international organizations. It was convened to discuss plans to eradicate the devastating animal disease.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

Young members of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) say they will demonstrate against police if they do not release their members.

On Saturday, the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) arrested nine young members of the party, after over 100 members of the grass root wing demonstrated at the US embassy in Freetown on Thursday.

By Mustapha Sesay

Members of the parliamentary oversight committee on works have expressed dissatisfaction over the slow progress on Kono and Kabala road projects. The projects are being implemented by a Guinean company called Guico Press.

Rosaline Jariatu Smith, a member of the committee, described Guico as the worst government contractor in terms of delivering on its promises.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

As Sierra Leone is fighting to get to zero on the deadly Ebola epidemic, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NERC of the National Ebola Response Center(NERC), Retired Major Palo Conteh, has said Moa Wharf, a slum in the east of Freetown, is the new hot spot for the disease in the country.

By BampiaJames Bundu

Ambassador Alie Bangura, a one time Minister of Trade under the SLPP (Sierra Leone Peoples Party) lead government, who also served as High Commissioner in Ghana, may be facing the greatest challenging to his political career. According to reports, he is on the verge of being expelled from the party he sought to head in 2013.

Ambassador Bangura, according to sources, may face serious disciplinary actions which could possibly lead to his expulsion from the party for allegedly violating its constitution.