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By Mustapha Sesay

A bill has been tabled in parliament geared towards liberalizing Sierra Leone`s international telecommunications gateway.

The move on Friday saw the document went through the first and second readings, and if pass into to law it would see the long monopolized control over the international telecommunication gate way by Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company (Sierratel) comes to an end.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Warrant Officer Francis Foday Kamara attached to 4^th Battalion, Teko Barracks in Makeni, Monday testified at the court martial presided over by Judge Advocate Otto During that there was no loss of arms or ammunition from the arms store.

Dr Sam Sesay, Minster of Agriculture

By Mustapha Sesay & Crispina Taylor

The Sierra Leonean tax payer will have to pay US$15 million in debt, essentially in futility, thanks to a “failed” project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Tommy

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

The Center for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL), a civil society organization in Sierra Leone, has blamed government for the increase in sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases over the last three years.

Moijueh Kaikai, gender and children's affairs minister

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Line Manager at the Family Support Unit of the Sierra Leone Police in Pujehun says sexual abuses against women and girls in Pujehun District have increased in number in recent months.

Gibril Gottor

Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is presently investigating a journalist suspected of impersonating an ACC officer.

Journalist Gibril Gottor, who is presently in detention at an unknown location, was arrested over the weekend in Kambia.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Junior staffers at the University of Sierra Leone Tuesday appealed for improved conditions of work, including certain allowances enjoyed by their seniors.

They made the call at a meeting with the top management of the University, held at the amphitheatre and attracting workers from the three constituent colleges of the university.