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By Kemoh Sesay

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has in correspondence to the Football Association stated that "the level of the coaching license is still on its first level ‘C’ and will be raised to ‘B’ next year then to ‘A’ later.

According to the Director of the Football Development Division of CAF Abdel Moniem Hussein, the coaching license policy was applied last year to all inter club competitions and CAF tournaments,"Coaches without CAF ‘C’ license will not be allowed to enter the field of play."

Sunday 5 October 2014 was one of the single deadliest days in Sierra Leone since the Ebola outbreak more than four months ago, according to Sierra Leone government health statistics.

The everyday update from the ministry of health recoded 121 deaths from the Ebola Virus Disease and scores of new infections in one day. The figures, which covered the period through Saturday, put the total number of deaths at 678, up from 557 the day before, according to Reuters.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Spokesman of the ministry of health has said that “it is very difficult to deny” allegations from some members of the public that Ebola burial teams are receiving bribes from relatives of dead people.

Jonathan Abass Kamara said claims that “the burial teams remove corpses of Ebola victims or release corpses of non-Ebola people for burial for personal gains, cannot be dismissed entirely.” He added: “I am not with them when they conduct their burial activities, so I can’t deny that.”

By Mustapha Kamara

Chief of defense staff has said that the ministry will continue to deploy military personnel to provide security for Ebola concentrated areas, prevent the further spread of the disease and eventually eradicate it.

Major General Samuel Omar Williams of the of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, SLFA, told journalists at the recent government’s weekly press briefing in Freetown that they had deployed 1, 195 personnel so far.

Rev. Bob Tyjan Kandeh, ACC Manager, Kono

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Residents of Kono, east of the country, have accused the sub-regional manager of the anti-corruption commission, ACC, of “naked corruption and bribery” in the diamond rich eastern district.

Marie Jalloh launched the report

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, has released its preliminary findings about the Rapid Assessment Report, explaining food security situation in the context of the current Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Over ten suspected Ebola cases at the Koidu Government Hospital holding centre in Kono have been spotted outside their encampment areas on Sunday in search of food and water.

The scene turned chaotic while people ran away from the patients but the police showed up and encouraged them to go back to the centre with the support of health workers.