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By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Scores of people have been detained in Koidu Town, Kono District in the east of Sierra Leone after a surprised late evening raid on Wednesday.

It was unclear by the time we went to press why the raid was conducted, but police said it`s in relation to efforts to enforce the Ebola byelaws enacted to prevent the spread of the deadly viral disease.

By Kemo Cham

The battle against the Ebola virus disease maybe close to being won, despite recent surges in new cases in Freetown, Kambia and Port Loko, but amidst this frail optimism there is an even bigger emerging source of concern. The German charity Welthungerhilfe Monday warned of a potential catastrophe caused by a looming nationwide food crisis.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC), Alfred Palo Conteh, Wednesday said the road to getting zero-infection in the fight against the Ebola epidemic was getting bumpy.

The NERC boss made the statement during the usual press briefing at the former Special Court building at New England in Fretown. He pointed accusing fingers at people, in various communities in the country, who he said were not yielding to the directives of NERC and health authorities.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The accused in the on-going trial at the Court Martial presided over by His Lordship Alhaji Abu Bakarr King has told the court that he had never, at any time, smeared the image of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF).

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Swiss agribusiness company Socfin has reacted to charges of child labour in its concessional area.

The company denied that it is employing children, in response to allegations forwarded earlier by the Probation Officer of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs in the southern district headquarter town of Pujehun.

Main Pujehun road

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

Residents in Pujehun have expressed frustration over protracted delay in ongoing construction of the district headquarter township road.

President Ernest Bai Koroma has said that all illegal constructions done on Fourah Bay College property would be demolished to make way for the actualisation of a long-standing project to refurbish the college infrastructure.