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By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Some political and civil rights activists in Kono, eastern Sierra Leone, have frowned at a move by the district council chairman distancing himself from a position paper released by councilors last month condemning the expulsion of Chief Samuel Sam Sumana from the governing All Peoples Congress (APC) party.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr 

Don Bosco Fambul, a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone, has reconciled 45 Ebola orphans with other members of their families.

The children, who lost their parents to the viral epidemic which broke out in the country almost a year ago, were released from the NGO’s Interim Care Center (ICC) over the weekend.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr.

Just days before schools are re-opened, the head of the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC), Retired Major Alfred Palo Conteh, has said schools in communities that were still recording new confirmed Ebola cases would not be allowed to re-open.

The sacking of Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has generated a lot of attention and talking points both within and outside the country. Civil society groups have generally criticized the move. Well now Kandeh Yumkella who is tipped to run for president in the next election has added his voice to the issue. He arrived in the country over the weekend and granted Politico an exclusive interview.

Politico: What’s your take on the current constitutional row in Sierra Leone regarding the sacking of the country’s Vice President?

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

Commercial transports have become the new route of transmission of the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone, making them a serious threat to the country`s fight against the ongoing Ebola epidemic, the National Ebola Response Center (NERC) said Wednesday.

Retired Major Paulo Conteh, head of the NERC, said they have observed in the past weeks that taxi drivers were transporting sick people to treatment centers at different parts across the country. He said he was gravely concerned about such risky and harmful acts.

By Mustapha Sesay & Crispina Taylor

The international auditing firm, KPMG, parted ways with the former Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to avoid legitimizing suspected procurement violations, the group`s country head disclosed in parliament on Thursday.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Minister of Information and Communication, Alpha Kanu, has hit at critics of the controversial sacking of Samuel Sam Sumana as Vice President of Sierra Leone.

Kanu sounded particularly critical of lawyers who have cited constitutional provisions challenging the decision by President Ernest Bai Koroma which has thrown the country into a constitutional crisis. Lawyers, he said, are “characters in a play” and that a character cannot interpret a book more than its author.