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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

This is the first Court Martial that I am witnessing but I am positive that Court Martials in other countries are very serious businesses and they do not last long.

Mostly two days and the accused are either convicted or acquitted. In Sierra Leone, however, the military tribunal in Freetown has proven to be just like any other matter that drags on for monthsand months, sometimes for no convincingly clear reason.

Dear Mr. President,

We, the African civil society leaders of Publish What You Pay, a global coalition campaigning for an open and accountable gas, oil and mining sector, are addressing you on the eve of the US - Africa Leaders Summit.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

We shall not tire. We shall continue the relentless assault on Ebola. We shall not stop until we wish Ebola good riddance. Never in human history has an endemic disease caused on estrangement of friends and families rather than the much-needed love that can elicit a placebo effect. What disease is this? Where has it been lurking in human history only to surface in 1976? Are there more of these kinds of diseases in the bag? Only God knows.

It was in like manner that HIV/AIDS awoke from its somnolence in the past couple of decades.

By Kemo Cham

Thirty years of efforts in the fight against Malaria - a major killer disease in Africa - maybe just about bearing fruits. This is according to reports last week that British drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline was seeking approval for its malaria vaccine.
The vaccine - RTS,S - will be the first of its kind for malaria or any parasitic disease, if approved for mass production and distribution.

24th July 2014

Your Excellency,

The President,

Republic of Sierra Leone.

Dear Mr. President,

Re: THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK IN OUR NATION