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Guinea has been accepted as 'EITI Compliant' by the international EITI Board at its meeting in Mexico City Wednesday 2 July, 2014. The board, chaired by Clare Short, congratulated the government of Guinea for its sustained commitment and leadership in the implementation of the EITI.

As a country implementing the initiative, Guinea regularly discloses the government's revenues from natural resources. Maintaining compliant status would require that the country meet all requirements in the standardadopted in 2013, including additional disclosure requirements.

By Bampia James Bundu

Concern for Public Accountability & Transparency, COPAT, has engagedlocal council ward committees and youth groups in a 2-day capacity building training on tax promotion and revenue generation in Rotifunk, in the southern district of Moyamba.

By Bampia James Bundu

Telecommunications company, Africell, has handed out 226 prizes worth over Le103 million to subscribers who took part and won in the on-going ‘play and win’ promotion being held at their offices on Wilberforce.

While he presented the awards chief corporate affairs officer, Joe Abass Bangura Jnr, commended the lucky ones for winning wonderful prizes. He said the promotion was meant to give back to society in different ways.

By Crispina Cummings

Local Councils owing the National Social Security and Insurance Trust, NASSIT, are before the parliamentary committee on labour after they were last summoned and given an ultimatum of one month within which to pay all their debts.

Ebola burial in Kenema

Address by President Ernest Bai Koroma on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

1 July 2014

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

Police in Kenema say they had to fire teargas to dispatch a crowd of angry youths and family members who had gathered at the government hospital demanding the release of their relatives that reportedly died of Ebola.

Community relations officer of the regional police division, Sergeant 10322 Kamara Prince Jaygboi, confirmed that police intervention helped protect the hospital and medical practitioners who were undersiege.

By Joseph Kamara

New UN envoy and resident coordinator in Sierra Leone says the outbreak of the Ebola haemorrhagic virus is “indeed dangerous for the country” and calls for strong leadership from the health authorities.

The Australian born diplomat, David Mclachlan-Karr, said the ministry of health was required to coordinate international and national efforts to contain the outbreak and to treat the victims. Over 60 people now been killed by the fever in less than six weeks, according to the ministry of health.