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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In order to tackle examinations malpractices in the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned against the wanton use of mobile phones and extortion in the ongoing Secondary school leaving examination in the country.

By Saio Marrah

A Supreme Court judge has dismissed a human trafficking charge against one Zainab Kamara, saying there were no reasonable grounds to establish the human trafficking offence.

By Saio Marrah

Justice Ansumana Ivan Sesay has sentenced one Edward Borsordau Smith to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing items from student hostels at the Fourah Bay College in two separate cases.

Smith was first sentenced to five years in the first case of housebreaking and stealing and seven years in a second case on a similar offence.

Brazzaville – Fewer than a third of people living with hypertension in the African region are on treatment, and only about 12% have the life-threatening condition under control, an analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows.

Globally, around 21% of adults aged over 30 years have hypertension under control, and 42% are taking medication for the condition. Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke and heart attack—the cardiovascular diseases responsible for most deaths due to chronic illnesses in the African region.

By Alpha Abu

In the first of this year’s regional engagements with security sector officers, Paramount chiefs, and other stakeholders in Kenema Eastern province, National Security Coordinator (NScoord), Abdulai Caulker says nobody can make Sierra Leone ungovernable.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In a bid to increase quality medical training for Doctors and other healthcare professionals in Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio in partnership with the American International University has turned the sod for the construction of a medical University at the 34 military hospital in Freetown.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A Perception Survey on Youth Political Participation in Sierra Leone conducted by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) has indicated that out of the sample collected in the field; only 59% of respondents in the Western Urban said they have heard about the Proportional Representation (PR) system which will be used in the June 24 elections of Sierra Leone.