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By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says several properties with ties to former government officials have been sealed off pending investigations.

The properties which have been barricaded by the police on the orders of the anti-graft agency are said to been connected to ongoing investigations of unexplained wealth or proceeds of corruption.  

At least two of the buildings have been claimed by individuals who served in the administration of former President Ernest Bai Koroma, according to the Commission.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The United Nation Women has held a dialogue session with different media practitioners to create a closer partnership in advancing the GoSL’s development priorities in line with the frame work of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Sierra Leone.

The thrust of the dialogue was centered around a way of creating mutual effective relationship between the media and the UN body in enhancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in Sierra Leone to achieving the SDGs goal.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

As a way of supporting the correctional system of capacitating inmates with skills, Humanist Watch, a rights based group, has donated tailoring equipment and accessories to the Kenema Correctional center. Both the male and female wings of the center benefitted from the largess worth Le60million. The donation, said officials, was made possible with funds from the United Nations Development program (UNDP), under its Justice Sector Support project.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Commonwealth ICT Forum has ended in Freetown paving the way for Sierra Leone to draw up its own policy on Broadband. The three days international conference brought together industry experts from home and abroad to talk on challenges, lessons and solutions for modern-day internet usage.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and its partners, including UNICEF, Action Against Huger, World Vision and Focus 1000 have called on the media to join in the efforts to building a stronger and healthier generation of children through effective breast feeding. The call was mad as part of the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), which runs from August 1 to 7.

This year’s theme for the WHO designated day is: ‘Empowering Parents: Enable Breastfeeding’.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

Five years on Mnday since the death of Dr Shek Umar Khan, the man who headed Sierra Leone’s initial response to the 2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak, the state has still not taken over the responsibilities of his two children.

Speaking to Politico, Dr Khan’s brother C-ray Khan, said the now 24-year-old daughter and the 17-year-old son were being looked after by their uncles and aunts.

There were violent clashes on Monday night at Hamilton, on the Freetown peninsula between supporters of the ruling SLPP party and the main opposition APC party ahead of the 24 August parliamentary bye-election.

It was the day for the APC to hold their rally ahead of the parliamentary bye-election for Constituency 110 in the Western Area rural district.

But according to the party’s Deputy Organising Secretary, Karamoh Kabba, they came under attack allegedly by supporters of the ruling SLPP who he said pelted them with stones around 7 PM, dispersing their rally.