By Abu Bakarr Bah in Freetown and Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

The Electoral College of the governing All People's Congress last night voted for Franklyn Bode Gibson as the party's candidate for Mayor of Freetown in November's municipal election. He polled 106 votes beating off seven others including two journalists.

Ahead of November's presidential and legislative elections in Sierra Leone,
39 human rights and civil society organisations have challenged the
country's registered political parties to commit themselves to
respecting human rights.

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.