In what is the most ambitious single infrastructure project in the history of Sierra Leone, preparations kick off today to build a $2 billion bridge linking Freetown to the northwest of the country including the airport town of Lungi. It will be at no cost to the government. A tender …
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Breaking: Former communications minister, Mohamed Bangura has just called to tell me that he’s on his way to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). He said he’d been invited relating to the payment of $300,000 to his ministry by SALCAB. He admitted that the said amount was indeed paid into his …
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The head of #SierraLeone’s anti corruption commission says they’ve arrested the former head of the Sierra Leone Cable (SALCAB), Mohamed Sheriff and the man who was chairman of the board at the time, Mr Yillah. Francis Ben Kaifala told me that they’d also invited the former minister of information and …
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Sierra Leone apparently lost US $ 538 million in only four sectors between 2015 and 2018 to mostly corruption. According…Posted by Umaru Fofana on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Sierra Leone apparently lost US $ 538 million in only four sectors between 2015 and 2018 to mostly corruption. According to a technical …
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Three Commissions of Inquiry start work today in #SierraLeone to investigate the 10-year administration of President Ernest Bai Koroma. They’ll look at governance, infrastructure, and assets and lifestyle of senior public officials between 2007 and 2018. Koroma’s APC party have again reiterated their objection to the inquiry, demanding the rules …
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Sierra Leone will today start a nationwide airborne geographical survey to determine the minerals beneath its ground. President Julius Maada Bio will commission the specialized aircraft, equipped with “medium resolution magnetic and radiometric technology that will be flying at an altitude as low as 50m and in straight lines at …
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Thousands of people have fled their villages and towns in Sahn Malen chiefdom in southern Sierra Leone to escape “soldier brutality”. Many have gone to neighbouring Sowa Chiefdom where I met some of them yesterday as shown in this picture. Food, shelter and other essentials are a serious problem for …
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Police in southern #SierraLeone have just granted permission for 15 civil society and rights activists to visit the troubled Sahn Malen chiefdom in Pujehun District where two people were shot dead a few days ago leading to the arrest of the local MP. Entire villages including the birthplace of the …
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The women’s leader of aggrieved landowners in Sahn Malen in Pujehun District, Hannah Deen, was bundled out of her house at 11pm last night, according to her granddaughter. It follows the detention of the leader of the group and local MP Siaka Sama. Sounding terrified, she said they’d been living …
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