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By Kemo Cham

If all go as planned, trial of the much talked about Ebola vaccine will soon become a reality in Sierra Leone.

Officials spearheading it hope to inject the first vial into the first of 6000 participants involved by the first week of March as part of an elaborate process designed to cover four districts – Bombabli, Port Loko, Tonkolili and the Western Area. These happen to be the hardest hit areas of the country by the epidemic.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Justice, they say, is a double-edged sword. It is against someone though however you turn it. Therefore, say campaigners for justice and equality, it behoves all in authority to ensure that everyone is treated equally before the law, irrespective of their position in society.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

We have had the opportunity by happenstance to benefit from the greatest teacher of all times. We should benefit and draw inspiration from EXPERIENCE. All of us are his scholars. Opportunity once lost can never be regained. If and when Ebola returns to this land we should be armed to the teeth to confront it.

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By Josephus J. Ellie

By Kemo Cham
One of the silver linings of the Ebola epidemic is its exposure of the dangers of some aspects of our so cherished culture. Evidence abound that the epidemic has gone this long mainly due to transmissions through some of these cultural practices.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), an operation on the female genitalia and one of the most contentious issues of our time, has for long been at the center of this cultural debate. Its proponents defend it with the passion of religious devotion, even if women and girls suffer

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By Sabrina Mahtani

Sierra Leone imposed a state of emergency in July 2014, with the stated aim of giving the government more power to deal with the Ebola outbreak. However, it has overstepped the mark in detaining citizens without trial.