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By Abdul Tejan-Cole

With high rates of infant and maternal mortality compounded by a high incidence of teenage pregnancy, it is hardly surprising that the abortion debate in Sierra Leone has recently become heated.

Parliament’s overwhelming support for the “Safe Abortion Bill” and the President’s decision not to give the Bill his assent but to send it back to the House for further review provoked intense debate between pro-choice and pro-life groups.

By Mabinty Kamara

A number of communities in Sierra Leone, especially in the capital Freetown, are unplanned and can hardly be accessible by vehicles. This has posed a great difficulty to residents in such communities.

A major drawback for such communities is deprivation of developmental projects.

When, for instance, it is time for vaccination campaigns, children in hard to reach communities are ignored by health workers.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Football is the most popular sport in the in the world. Since its existence it has seen legends, from all races - black, white, Asian, Hispanic, etc, - some of whom are the very best sport men the world have ever seen.

Upon retirement, some of these players have taken the next big step in football, managing, coaching and training players. Some of them have succeeded but others are struggling; struggling with even getting the opportunity that they need. Prominent among the strugglers are the Black coaches.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Last week a coalition of civil society organizations launched a report that focused on corruption in the traffic division of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP).

It revealed that government lost Le80 billion last year in the form of bribery to individual police offers from potential fines for traffic offences.

In addition, some Le700 billion, representing 32% of potential revenue from license fees to fines for traffic regulations violations, went down the drain, the report revealed.

By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

Pa Morray Kargbo traded in bananas at the Guard Street for over two decades. In 2010 he decided to take a microcredit loan to grow his business. The agreement was such that he was to repay the creditor on a daily basis.

But by 2012 the elderly businessman realized he couldn’t repay on time and so he and his family relocated to the provinces to avoid legal action.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

Our individual lives and the life of our planet have to come to an inevitable end it should be borne in mind. The Catholics have prophesied that Jesus Christ is not likely to return to this earth but have not said that the world will not come to an end.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Since the end of the civil war Sierra Leone has embarked on many forms of development. Infrastructure has taken the lion share, especially in the last seven years.

A lot of credit has been given to the Ernest Bai Koroma-led administration for the construction of many roads in the country, some of which are Regent to Grafton road, Wilkinson Road to Lumley, Spur Road to Lumley, Peninsular road, Hill Side by-pass road, and a number of others in the provinces.