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By Crispina Taylor

Members of parliament have asked the Sierra Leone Roads Authority to further consult with relevant parties, the construction company China Railway Seventh Group and the ministry of transport, involved in the Wellington-Masiaka road construction agreement.

By Mustapha Sesay 

The Centre for Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA), in partnership with Search for Common Ground, have launched a US sponsored project in Foredugu Portloko District in northern Sierra Leone for 180 women as the targeted beneficiary.

By Kemo Cham and Septimus Senessie

There has been an outpouring of condemnation of the suspension of the Mayor of Koidu, Saa Emerson Lamina.

Civil society activists and politicians from both the SLPP and APC have questioned the “illegal” procedure followed to effect the decision.

Mayor Lamina was suspended by the Office of the President following a request by the Minister of Local Government, Diana Konomanyi. He has rejected the decision, describing it as “unlawful and politically motivated.”

By Crispina Taylor

Members of parliament have asked the Sierra Leone Roads Authorityto further consult with relevant parties, the construction company China Railway Seventh Group and the ministry of transport, involved in the Wellington-Masiaka road construction agreement.

By Kemo Cham

A landmark High Court ruling in Freetown has rendered null and void a deal involving a Chinese company that has been accused by locals of illegally acquiring vast portions of land for plantation purposes.

Orient Agricultural Limited was recently ordered to restore some 1, 486 acres of land to dozens of families in the eastern Kono district, lawyers representing the land owners have told Politico.

By Crispina Taylor

Member of Parliament, MP, representing Constituency 105 in central Freetown, Ibrahim Kamara, has accused insurance companies of misappropriating monies paid to them as contributions by agencies and individuals.

Making his submission at a pre-legislative meeting on a bill titled: “The Insurance Act of 2015”, Kamara said vehicle owners paid contributions to insurance companies only because it was a legal obligation, noting that most survivors and relatives of deceased in accident situations received no compensation.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay 

The Sierra Leone government has rejected calls by civil society activist and a consumer protection body to reduce the pump price of fuel which stands at Le3,750 per liter, citing heavy burden caused by subsidy.

The campaigners cited the sharp fall in crude oil prices on the global market in the last few weeks as a compelling reason to get the government to reduce the pump prices, drawing examples from neighboring countries where governments had yielded to public demands.