News

By Mohamed T Massaquoi
Residents in Pujehun District have confirmed to Politico that First Tricon, which is contracted to construct the 16-kilometer road linking the district and Bo, has abandon the work.

The project was awarded to the company by the government of Sierra Leone since 2014. But work on it has delayed due to unknown reasons.

ZAINAB BANGURA

By Umaru Fofana

United Nations Undersecretary General in charge of sexual violence in conflict has not ruled out running for president of Sierra Leone.

By Mabinty Kamara 

A contractor who failed to secure a lucrative deal with the Sierra Leone Roads Safety Authority (SLRSA) on the basis of alleged forgery has denied the claims made against the corporation..

Mohamed Conteh, Managing Director of Alumed International (SL) Ltd, also denied failing to submit relevant documents on time as part of a bidding process for the construction of an office space for SLRSA at their Africanus Road branch in Kissy, east of Freetown.

Sierra Rutile Limited has said that in spite of the difficult challenges they faced during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone they have recorded the highest annual production rate since the mines restarted in 2006.

The 2015 annual production was 126,021 tonnes of rutile which saw a 10% increase compared to 114,163 in the previous year. The company recently announced that the latest achievement represented “the highest annual production since operations were restarted in 2006”.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

The international charity, Irish Aid, has commissioned a tailoring centre for a group of amputees in a bid to boost their income generating capacity.

The all-amputee football team, the Flying Stars, based at the Amputee Camp at Aberdeen, west of  Freetown would run the centre, estimated over Le20 million.

The package included ten sewing machines, two irons, tables, and other accessories.

By Kemo Cham

The failure of medical authorities to test for the Ebola virus on the latest Magburaka case may be due to mutation of the virus, a health official has said.

The victim, Marima Jalloh, whose death last week occasioned a setback for the fight against the West African Ebola epidemic, did not present any sign or symptoms associated with the hemorrhagic fever disease when she reported for treatment, said Dr Brima Kargbo, Chief Medical Officer.

By Kemo Cham

Amidst growing fears over the recent Ebola death in Magburaka, north of the country, authorities have called for calm while urging for vigilance and ensuring that the latest flare-up doesn’t spread further.

As of Saturday 16 January, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), identified 109 suspects as contacts of the 22-year-old secondary school pupil, Mariama Jalloh, who died of the deadly hemorrhagic fever disease.