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By Crispina Cummings

Speaker of Parliament, Sheku Dumbuya, says Parliament is very clear on the invitation of Chief Justice Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh who has been summoned to appear before the House.

The European Union is stepping up its efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and has increased its funding for immediate health operations, experts and risk assessments to €1.1 million, and is contributing with medical equipment to help accelerate diagnosis, according to a release from the EU Delegation in Freetown.

Gambian President, Yahyah Jammeh

The Gambian authorities have issued a notice to all Banjul-bound airlines not to pick up passengers from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Joseph Kamara, ACC boss

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

A High Court in Sierra Leone today handed down a mandatory jail term for five people convicted for corruption. Six years for two, and three years for three others. They include a married couple.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Politico has obtained the charge sheets containing the particulars of offence against 13 soldiers and one officer currently facing a Court Martial in Freetown. None of the charges border on treason or a coup.

President Koroma

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All People’s Congress party, Robin Fallay says he will launch an "Extra Time Campaign" next week in the Eastern Region for President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Sierra Leone's chief medical officer says tests carried on all suspected Ebola samples have proved negative. An email containing details of the lap test results seen by Politico shows they were all negative.

Fifteen samples were collected from Boidu in the eastern Kono District which borders southeastern Guinea where there have been several deaths from the haemorrhagic fever.