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By Hassan Juana Koroma in Bo

Residents in Jimmi town, Bagbo Chiefdom have expressed frustration over the poor health service they are getting in their community. The latest rounds of complaints have come following a fight that broke out at the hospital between two Community Health Officers over allegations of stolen free health care drugs and peanut butter supplies.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has recovered Le 37 billion of money stolen from public coffers, the head of the agency has said. 

Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala on Monday presented over Le7 billion to President Julius Maada Bio at State House, where he also announced an impending Le 21 billion to be received in the next six months from former officials found to have misappropriated public funds. This follows an earlier presentation of Le 9 billion to the president.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) is contemplating a ban on long buses entering the busy Commercial Business District (CBD) of Freetown, Politico has learnt.

Officials say the move, which is under active discussion among relevant stakeholders in the transportation sector, is geared towards reducing heavy traffic in the city center.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The nationwide airborne survey being of Sierra Leone’s mineral resource base has been suspended due to weather condition, officials of the National Minerals have said.

The airborne survey, which is being conducted by the South African firm Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics (XAG), is part of implementation of the second phase of a World Bank funded Extractive Industries Technical Assistance project.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Political leaders from across Africa have praised late President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s legacy of peace and democracy. Several leaders participated in talks and gave speeches all highlighting the achievements of the former President during the launch of a foundation in his memory.

The Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Foundation for Peace and Democracy was launched over the weekend in the presence of hundreds of guests at the Bintumani conference center in Freetown.

By Kemo Cham

A spokesman for the Sierra Leone Police has confirmed that they prevented opposition leader Samuel Sam-Sumana from entering Port Loko on Sunday because he didn't have clearance to do so.

Sam-Sumana, a former Vice President and former presidential candidate of the C4C party in last year’s election, was visiting the northern town on Sunday evening when he and his entourage were prevented from entering.

He was reportedly scheduled to watch a football match at the Old Port Loko Mini Stadium.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

The international medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hopes to help cut down on Sierra Leone’s high maternal and infant mortality with the construction of a 63-bed capacity hospital in the eastern Kenema District.

The facility was inaugurated on Friday at a ceremony marking the conclusion of the first phase of a project that is designed to cater for both babies and mothers in a country with some of the worst healthcare facilities.