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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Police has denied claims that its personnel acted brutally whiles arresting protesters from the All Peoples Congress (APC) party headquarters last week.

The incident on Friday has rekindled the unending debate about the professionalism in the force and the role of politics in national policing.

By Alhassan Sillah in Conakry

Guineans are on tenterhooks as their country braces itself for what looks like an inevitable period of instability as supporters and opponents of President Alpha Conde prepare for a showdown over a proposed constitutional referendum to allow for a third term for the president.

The ruling RPG party has proposed the changes arguing that the existing constitution was never put to the people for their approval.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

The Office of National Security (ONS) has come under criticism for allegedly trivializing emergence response to disasters.

Chairman of Kenema District Council, Mohamed Amodu Sesay, told a regional security review meeting in Kenema that the national security coordinating agency has failed repeatedly to appropriately respond to emergency situations in the district thereby leaving vulnerable victims to fend for themselves.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone’s ruling party controlled-parliament wasted no time on Friday to swear-in nine new MPs following a landmark High Court ruling that stripped the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) of the seats.

All nine new Members belong to the governing Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), which had petitioned the APC MPs over procedural matters leading to their elections in the March 2018 polls.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leone Police have arrested dozens of opposition All Peoples Congress party supporters in front of their party headquarters in Freetown.

The scuffle broke out between party supporters and Police following a ruling by the High Court which stripped 10 APC Members of Parliament (MP) of their seats.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Ten parliamentarians of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) have lost their seats after a petition verdict handed down by Justices Komba Kamanda and Mohamed Stevens of the high court of Sierra Leone.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

A latest survey done in Freetown has shown that 21% of prostitute in the capital are children. The research which was done by Pink Power Organization and Brighter Horizon Project also revealed that most of these children had their first sexual experience through rape.

The research shows that these children who constitute this category fell within the age bracket of 11 and 15.