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By Septimus Senessie in Kono

The Parliamentary Committee on Defense and National Security has instructed the District Security Committee (DISC) and the police to bring to book the Paramount Chief alleged to have beaten up a soldier on deployment at his chiefdom in 2012.

The committee made this call during a fact-finding mission in Kono district on the causes of the frequent violence in the district.

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16^th July, 2014 - Freetown, Sierra Leone:

On International Justice Day: CARL Urges African Leaders to 'demonstrate respect for victims'

By Mustapha Sesay

Police yesterday clashed with protesting traders in parts of the Freetown business district using teargas to break up what the constabulary described as an “illegal demonstration” leaving all shops bolted. It left the centre of the capital. Police spokesman, Assistant Superintendent Ibrahim Samura confirmed that seven people were arrested and would be charged "for riotous conduct in the next 48 hours".

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

By Bampia James Bundu

The National Programme Manager in the ministry of health has warned Sierra Leoneans to be cautious about the use of hand sanitizer as "it does not prevent contact with the Ebola disease because the virus is too strong and dangerous to be constrained by a hand sanitizer”.

432 subscribers to the mobile phone telecoms company, Africell have received cash awards as part of the company’s “play and win” promotion.

The promotion, which was launched in June to run alongside the just-concluded World Cup, aimed at “giving away” a total sum of Le 500 million to “faithful and active subscribers”, according to the company’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Joe Abass Bangura.

By Jenneh Braima

A former Member of Parliament has urged ward committee members in the Moyamba District to pay their taxes for the development of their communities. Addressing participants at a tax promotion and revenue mobilisation training organised in Taiama, Joseph Kaindoh said that tax payment was very important as it not only helped local councils to develop but also reduced burden on the central government.