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Ebola survivors at the Kingtom cemetery offering prayers

By Mabinty M Kamara

Dozens of men and women who contracted the Ebola virus and recovered from it, yesterday marked the second anniversary of the outbreak in Sierra Leone, with some weeping openly.

House Speaker

By Kemo Cham

Liberian security officials on Wednesday arrested the country’s Speaker of parliament over corruption allegations.

By Kemo Cham

Next week members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) will gather in Bo, southern Sierra Leone, as part of its Triennial General Meeting. Based on a rotational policy, the last elective congress was held in Kenema, in the east. Before then it was Makeni, north of the country.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

When members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) step in Bo next week the whole country’s attention will be on the south side district.

SLAJ will be there for its triennial conference, where it is scheduled to elect its new executive officers. Like every other election at the association before now, this one is close. The epic challenge is between incumbent President, Kelvin Lewis and his Vice President, Stanley Bangura Jnr.

By Mustapha Sesay

It’s an open secret that the current executive of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has been embroiled in so many quarrels.

Observers have blamed this unpleasant situation on various factors, depending on who you talk to. Some said it’s as a result of clashes in personal interest; others linked it to the president dictating how the association should be run without due consideration of the opinions of other executive members.

By Mabinty M. Kamara 

The week end’s Miss Sierra Leone 2016 beauty contest has rekindled a debate on the country’s education system.

By Mabinty Kamara

The management and residents of Sierra Leone’s only official home for the aged have chastised government for neglecting the institution leaving them virtually dependent on hand-outs.

King George IX Memorial Home for the elderly was established in 1988 under the auspices of the government which later transferred control over to the Sierra Leone Society for the Welfare of the Aged.