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By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

A fire incident on the night of Sunday 2^nd June, 2023 at number 13 Hamilton Lane off Kissy Road in Freetown has left over ten people homeless.

The fire completely gutted the two-storey board house, reducing it to charred remains, after over two hours of fiery blaze.

One of the affected persons, Marie Wurie told Politico that she was woken from sleep by her sister who screamed that fire was sweeping through the house. She said she left her room without even thinking of what to take out.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Legislative Results announced by the Chief Electoral Commissioner have given the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) 60% of the total number of seats in the incoming Parliament.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The leadership of 11 Political Parties that make up the All Political Parties Association (APPA) has endorsed the presidential result announced by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, criticizing the National Elections Watch’s report on the process.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Sierra Leone’s main opposition Party, the All People’s Congress (APC) has in a press statement expressed the party’s position of not participating in Legislative and Local governance if fresh elections were not conducted within six months.

The statement dated 30^th June 2023, came three days after President Julius Maada Bio had been announced as winner of the June 2023 presidential elections in Sierra Leone and sworn in.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Paramount Chiefs across the country want to be empowered with the statutory powers to maintain law and order in their various chiefdoms, according to the Chairman for the Council of Paramount Chiefs PC Fasuluku Sonsiama III.

Whilst speaking on behalf of his colleague paramount chiefs during their congratulatory visit to the newly re-elected President Julius Maada Bio on the 30^th June 2023, the PC said that “the statutory functions to bring law and order in our respective chiefdoms had been taken away from us”.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Yvonne Aki Sawyer Mayoral Candidate of Sierra Leone’s Main Opposition party the All People’s Congress (APC) has been re-elected  for a second term, defeating her closest rival in the race Mohamed Gento Kamara of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

Kono Chief Sahr Holando Gbekie congratulated President Julius Maada Bio on his re-election and commended his government for supporting tribal heads in the country.

 Gbekie expressed gratitude to the president that for the first time, the Council of Tribal Heads has an office in the Freetown Municipality, located at the Freetown City Council building.