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By Bampia James Bundu
Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Community Affairs has warned students across the country who he said are planning to
protest for the reopening of schools and colleges. Learning institutions have been shut since mid last year as a result of the
Ebola outbreak.
"We have gathered intelligence from reliable sources that students are going around rallying behind others to undertake peaceful

By Crispina Taylor
A Presidential nominee for Appeal Court judge says the Sierra Leonean judiciary requires improvement to enhance efficient justice delivery.
Justice Sheku Abdulai Fofana said that the judiciary needed to recruit more personnel because it "lacks man power."
Urging lawyers to be more time conscious, Justice Fofanah stated that there were bundles of cases lying in courts in the provinces "without

By Bampia James Bundu
One of Sierra Leone's leading hip hop artists, Amara Dennia Turay, commonly known as 'Kao Denero',  has donated 30 bags of rice to Don
Bosco Fambul and assorted food items, including bags of rice, to some quarantine homes in Freetown.
Making the presentation, Manager of the US-based Sierra Leonean artist, Jasper Sembie, explained that they as a family decided to join
hands in the fight against Ebola "because it is a national course that we all must commit ourselves to".

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr
Save The Children Sierra Leone, a frontline Non-Governmental Organization in the fight against Ebola, is set to introduce radio
programmes as a step-up in the fight against the epidemic presently ravaging the country.
Its Community Health Manager at the Kerry Town treatment centre, operated by the NGO, Sembia Johnson, said they would be using community radio stations to update and sensitize citizens about the operations of the centre.
Kerry Town is situated in the Western Rural District.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

World Vision International Sierra Leone, Pujehun branch, has donated assorted items for the Interim Care Centre for Ebola orphans and other
marginalized children.

A delegation from Liberia yesterday arrived in Sierra Leone by road to help fight Ebola in the country. Led by Montserrado County member of the House of Representatives, Saah H.

Politico newspaper has a new editor. Kemo Cham was born in Sierra Leone and raised in both Gambia and Sierra Leone. He takes over the mantle from Umaru Fofana who now concentrates on running FreeMedia Group (FMG), the company that owns the paper and of which he is the Chief Executive Officer. His column, Think Tank, will however continue.

FMG which secured a licence to operate a radio station in 2013 is bracing itself up to operate 705 Gem FM.