Interior of the Q400 Bombardier plane
By Tanu Jalloh
500 armed men enter Liberia
A lawmaker of south-eastern Grand Gedeh County has raised alarm that after the recent meeting of chiefs and elders in Guiglo, La Cote d’Ivoire, which was attended by Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Alassane Ouattara, more than 500 foreign nationals from the Cote d’Ivoire side of the border have encroached on Liberian territory.
Senegalese construction company threatens to leave Sierra Leone
CSE at work in Sierra Leone
The Senegalese construction company, Compagnie Sahelienne d’Entreprise (CSE), has threatened to pull out of Sierra Leone because the government failed to pay them for construction work, according to Starafrica.com.
Sierra Leone President to launch rival tribal union
By Hassan Ibrahim Conteh
Months of battle for supremacy within the Limba ethnic group may be close to an end with the announcement of a compromise umbrella union.
The Malimba Development Union (MaDU) was unveiled last Thursday and is scheduled for a formal launch by President Ernest Bai Koroma next week.
The Limba community has been torn between the Limba Development Union (LDU) and the Akutay Friendly Association, both of which claim to be the legitimate umbrella body representing the interest of the Limba people.
OCTEA to pay workers
OCTEA workers in Kono
Octea mining company in the diamond rich district of Kono, east of Sierra Leone, has agreed to pay some 51 dismissed workers bringing to an end a long-standing impasse around severance packages.
Youths set police station ablaze over Ebola restrictions
By Umaru Fofana
Irate youths have burned down the police station in Barmoi Luma, following restrictions by police to stem the spread of Ebola in the Kambia District, north of Sierra Leone.
Assistant Inspector General of Police, Foday Dabor, confirmed last night that the incident followed violent scenes earlier between the youths and his men on the ground.
Sierra Leone rights record comes under review
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Sierra Leone’s human right record is set to be examined this Wednesday, 27, January, 2016by the United Nations Human Right Council, the second such reviews to be conducted almost five years ago.
The session would focus on how far Sierra Leone had gone to address outstanding human rights concerns in the country since the last review on 6 May, 2011.
