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By Mohamed T Massaquoi 

NGOs in Pujehun are working in isolation and in effect misusing donor funds, members of the Pujehun District Disaster Management Committee have claimed.

The committee, at its weekly meeting last week lamented that lack of cooperation between the relevant authorities and NGOs meant that everyone was working on their own projects so that the outcomes impact less on the targeted communities.

By Mabinty M Kamara

Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have met for the validation of their score cards on the implementation of the National Anti Corruption Strategy (NACS), a dispatch from the Anti Corruption Commission said.

The validation of the performance score cards is in line with measures taken by the MDA’s to address key corruption areas that hinder service delivery in Sierra Leone, the Commission said in a report.

Lungi airport

By Umaru Fofana

Reports are just emerging of a major security breach at the Lungi international airport as a man attempted to board an Air France plane with petrol, a matchbox and a cigarette lighter on him, among other things.

Prof Joe AD Ali

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay 

A lecturer at Fourah Bay College, Professor Joe AD Ali, has reported a death threat. Professor Alie said the threats were sent to him via messages around his home Tuesday evening.

By Mabinty M Kamara

The Independent Media Commission (IMC) has announced the suspension of 12 media publications and radio stations over violations of its codes and noncompliance to penalties for those breaches.

In a statement, the media regulator said the suspensions,which took immediate effect,were occasionedby the failure of the affected institutions to meet its board’s decision for various complaintsit had received and ruled on.

By Mabinty Magdalene Kamara

The Alliance of All Aspirants (AAA) within the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has expressed concern over the continued violence that has persisted in the party in the past three years.

By Mustapha Sesay 

The dust from the fiercely contested Sierra Leone Association of journalists (SLAJ) elections is gradually settling after the victory of the incumbent President Kelvin Lewis.