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Sierra Leone`s President Ernest Bai Koroma Thursday named his ambassador to China as new Vice President.

Victor Bockarie Foh was named at the end of a closed door meeting by senior party ranks of the governing All Peoples Congress (APC) and he was sworn-in almost immediately into office.

Foh took the oath of office in front of the president at State House.

He replaces Samuel Sam Sumana who was controversially sacked earlier on Wednesday, a move that has set in motion a constitutional debate that is getting louder by the day.

By Mustapha Sesay & Crispina Taylor

Former minister of health, Miatta Kargbo, and former Permanent Secretary, Sadiq Kapuwa, have denied instructing Charles Mambu to use money meant for loan repayment.

Mr Mambu, the Director of the civil society group Health for All Coalition (HFAC), is in front of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for payments his organization received as part of efforts to fight against the Ebola epidemic.

By Mustapha Sesay & Crispina Taylor

Opposition Member of Parliament, Mustapha Brima, told parliament on Tuesday that the judiciary was in a terrible condition and needed re-fixing.

He made the comment at the end of an oversight tour by the Legislative Committee to get first hand information on the judicial system in the country.

Brima said buildings housing the judiciary were nothing to write home about as they consisted of “dilapidated structures, leaking roofs, and bad toilets.”

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

After so much publicity around the proposed online lecture being provided by the University of Sierra Leone (USL), students have failed to take advantage of the opportunity, a top university official said Tuesday.

By Jenneh Braima

The Buddhist Tzu chi Foundation, based in Taiwan, is set to adopt eleven healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone with the aim of equipping and enabling them provide maximum healthcare delivery services to highly vulnerable communities.

Seven hospitals and four clinics have been identified, including the government hospitals in Kenema and Bo, the PCMH, Connaught and the 34^th Military hospitals in Freetown, as well as the government hospitals in Port Loko and Kambia.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

The African Youths with Disability Network (AYDN), a local civil society organization, Monday began training for 23 disable people on how to develop policies and advocate for the promotion and protection of the rights of People With Disability (PWD).

The training session is being held at the organizations offices on Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The African Union (AU) Ebola response team in Sierra Leone seems to be in deep waters as issues of debts owed by it to various hotels and transporters have been unfolding over the last few weeks.

The AU is Africa`s premier continental bloc, comprising 54 member countries, and it is one of many international organizations presently in the country to help fight the Ebola epidemic.