By Mustapha Sesay

Deputy Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission, Morlai Buyah Kamara
has told a meeting of Civil Society groups and journalists in
Freetown that his commission is at present investigating key
institutions in the country including the Sierra Leone Broadcasting
Corporation (SLBC), the Sierra Leone Ports Authority, Immigration,

The northern regional office of the Anti Corruption Commission has rekindled the
hopes of polio persons in Makeni for a better life by expressing its
commitment to working for a corrupt-free Sierra Leone where the
socio-economic needs of every citizen would be met.

By Alpha Daramy Sesay and Aminata P. Allie

A top United States General has expressed support for Sierra Leone troops
scheduled to deploy shortly in Somalia, according to a press release
from the US embassy in Freetown.

Irate youth alleged to be supporters of the outgoing Chairman of the Koinadugu District Council, Peter Bayuku Konteh aka Agbangba, went on the rampage late yesterday in Kabala and pelted stones at the residences of the two Paramount Chiefs in the town.

A coalition of civil society organisations, Campaign for Just Mining has held the Sierra Rutile mining company responsible for the sea accident on Tuesday morning in Bonthe District in which six people died. The victims - three women and three children - drowned while they were crossing the Gangama Dredge to their farms.

The UN World Health Organisation and the UN children's fund, UNICEF say the situation of the cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone is “still critical”. They say as at 3 September 2012, 15,838 cases had been reported with 251 deaths, recording a fatality rate of 1.6%.