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By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Former deputy minister of education, Mahmoud Tarawally, who faces charges of rape and assault in the High Court, appeared yesterday where the victim’s former boyfriend testified against him.

The matter, which started at the lower court over a year ago, was committed to the upper court for proper trial last year after the prosecution adduced sufficient evidence against the sacked minister before magistrate Komba Kamanda then at Court No. 2 in Freetown.

By Bampia James Bundu

Sierra Leoneans for Ebola Relief (SLER), an international humanitarian organisation based in the USA, has donated food and medical equipment worth $1.5 million to the country’s National Ebola Respond Center (NERC).

While presenting the items, Roselin J. Smith of Constituency 103 in the Western Area Urban, explained that the organisation drew its membership fromcivic organisations that came together to raise funds and secure medical supplies in support of the fight against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

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By Mustapha Kamara Jnr.

Retired Consultant Psychiatrist at the Kissy Mental hospital says Sierra Lone has over six hundred and fifty thousand mentally retarded persons.

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

The coordinator of the District Emergency Ebola Response team in Bo, Sahr Foyor, has made allegations of fraud and incorrectness in the payment of Ebola risk allowances to emergency health workers in Bo.

He said a lot was wrong in the payment of health workers, adding that he was presently working with other stakeholders to get to the root of the problem.

By Bampia James Bundu

Sierra Leone’s telecoms regulatory body, NATCOM, has within two weeks recovered Le9Billion from telecoms operators and internet service providers registered with the commission.

This was revealed by NATCOM’s Director General, Mohamed Bangura, at a meeting held in Freetown to welcome the commission’s newly approved Chairman, Momoh Konte. Bangura explained that over the years they had been finding it difficult to collect dues from telecoms operators across the country due to some undue delays by the companies.

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

The website manager in the community relations directorate of the Sierra Leone Police Force has disclosed that the proposed Sierra Leone International Law Enforcement Academy would be fully functional in October.

By Mustapha Sesay

The minister of Agriculture in Sierra Leone, Dr. Sam Sesay, has promised incentives to farmers so as to increase production after Ebola as a way of making up for the losses incurred by the agriculture sector during the Ebola epidemic.