By Mathew Kanu in Makeni
While many were busy celebrating the coming of the new year last night a young man in the northern Sierra Leonean city of Makeni had a completely different plan.
25-year-old Alhaji Kamara, a resident of Patefu Masimbo some three miles outside Makeni apparently hanged himself at dawn on New Year's Day, using a nylon rope which he ostensibly tied to the ceiling of the Science Building of the St Francis Secondary School.
Mohamed Sheriff, SALCAB MD
The new year could not have started worse for three of Sierra Leone's nine internet service providers (ISPs) who have had their services deactivated. They are among the leading ISPs in the country.
A Pampa
The head of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration says a collision between two boats off the shores of the coastal town of Tagrin, outside Freetown has left three people dead and a pregnant woman in a critical condition.
A new "evidence report" on addressing and mitigating violence in Sierra Leone has slammed the "Agenda for Prosperity", questioning its youth employment and empowerment policy and blaming the governing All People's Congress for "divisive politics".
Jens Toyberg-Frandzen, UNIPSIL Boss
By Mathew Kanu
Civil Society and human rights organisations have expressed concern that the United Nations Peacebuilding office in Sierra Leone is leaving at a time when the country needs its support towards stability and democracy.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
