Water & Pollution Watch: Sierra Leone’s National Water Resources Management Agency (NWRMA) is stepping up enforcement against unregulated water abstraction, running compliance visits to mining, farms, hotels and other users to check permits, registration and pollution risks as demand and climate pressures mount. Sanitation & Clean Energy: Freetown is scaling biodigesters that turn organic waste into biogas—cutting charcoal use and fuel costs while feeding generators for market cold rooms and improving sanitation with new public toilets. Ebola Preparedness: A clinical trial for an oral Ebola treatment linked to the Bundibugyo outbreak in DR Congo has been registered for Phase II, as health experts warn the outbreak could spread further. Community & Environmental Rights: Green Scenery Sierra Leone is supporting land-affected communities in Pujehun with legal literacy and safe advocacy training to strengthen environmental rights defenders’ ability to document and report issues. Security & Community Policing: Sierra Leone’s internal affairs minister urged tighter police-community partnerships and better equipment and detention conditions as the police service expands community policing and cybercrime capacity. Health Systems: Connaught Hospital has reopened a rehabilitated patient registration post to improve patient experience and service delivery.