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By Saio Marrah

The Local Unit Commander (LUC) of the Waterloo Police Division, Ibrahim Mohamed Sama has testified at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No.1 in which he claimed that several people threatened to hunt him and his family down on allegation that he blocked Dr.Samura Kamara’s motorcade at Mile 38 Checkpoint.

By Politico Staff Writer

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response has organized a one-day symposium on Aeronautical Search and Rescue (A-SAR) for various state actors in ensuring effective emergency preparedness and response.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The latest report from the African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery (APRIES) at the University of Georgia's Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO) has revealed an increase in child trafficking in the border district of Kambia in the North Western region of Sierra Leone.

The report says an estimated 34% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s border District have experienced child trafficking and 46,794 children (40.06%)  have experienced child labour.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Government is to recruit 2,800 (Two Thousand, Eight Hundred) Teachers nationwide after it was revealed that the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) through the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) is to submit a list of 680 teachers  due for retirement this year.

The Executive Secretary of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Sorie Ibrahim Turay on the 20^th July 2023 made the disclosure in an interview with Politico.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In order to fulfill the Legal framework of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, the Chief Electoral Commissioner (CEC) Mohamed Konneh has presented the 2022 Annual Report and Certificate of the Presidential Election to President Julius Maada Bio. The Presentation was done at State House on the 19^th July 2023.

By Saio Marrah

Saidu Nallo, the First accused in the ongoing New York Chancery Building trial, has testified at the High Court in Freetown that only half of the first two million US dollars donated for the renovation of the Sierra Leone UN Mission Building in New York was remitted to the mission with the balance kept in Freetown.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Persons with Disability (PWDs) have said they want one of them to be appointed deputy minister of social welfare.

Speaking in an interview after a press conference held by Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues (SLUDI) on the 20^th July 2023, Acting President of the Union Salieu Turay said “It is our hope that the president kept that position for a qualified person with disability. So we are calling on His Excellency the President to think it necessary to give the position to a person with a disability”.