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61 journalists have been killed so far this year in 22 countries around the world, according to the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). The figures are higher than that of the first 6 months of 2013 where the number of killed journalists stood at 59 journalists.

PEC Secretary-General, BlaiseLempen said there was no improvement in the protection of journalists. He added that the great number of conflicts had increased dramatically the risks facing media workers.

Musa Tamba Sam, opposition spokesman

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party has apologised to Sierra Leoneans for not "properly performing our duties to the country as the main opposition party".

By Mohaned Vandi in Kenema

More than 100 nurses of the Government Hospital in Kenema Monday downed their tools and deserted the hospital after a heated general meeting.

It came a day after three of their colleagues died of Ebola, the largest single recorded number of deaths of health workers since the outbreak in May.

NPA protesters

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

Government’s recent effort at unbundling products and services of the National Power Authority (NPA) has suffered a setback after workers took to the streets in protest and converged on Electricity House at Percival Street.

By Bampia James Bundu

Indigenous transport owners’ association and owners of right hand drive vehicles say plans to ban all right-hand vehicles in Sierra Leone by September this years is "illegal” threatening to seek redress in the High Court of Sierra Leone.

At a press conference in the east of Freetown, National President of the transport owners, Alhaji Abu Bakarr Fofanah expressed disappointment at the decision.

By Matthew Kanu

Ministers and parliamentarians from Bombali District  and Paramount Chiefs have ended one-day Ebola awareness-raising drive in Makeni.

PC Bai Shebora Kasangha II  said citizens had the right to be healthy and to also support the government and its partners to achieve a better health status particularly in ensuring an Ebola-free society. He said the fight against the virus should be a national fight involving all Sierra Leoneans at different quarters.

By Crispina Cummings

Newly approved minister of energy, Henry Macauley has promised his best to both the energy sector and the country as a whole.

The engineer and former diplomat who was approved last week told Politico that his first steps would be toward identifying the challenges and where they lay. He noted that it was important for all to come on-board because everyone had different talent.