By Lawyer Basita Michael I have seen on social media a memo purportedly written by the Solicitor-General to the Financial Secretary dated 22nd February 2021 on the topic “Legal Opinion […]
Author – Victor Mengot *The Impasse between the Government & the Auditor General Today, the Global Times Newspaper published an article calling for the sacking of the Auditor General. For […]
View Post Pressure is mounting on Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio, following a series of corruption allegations in the media against the First Lady and a top government minister, […]
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman On March 7, 2021, The Africanist Press reported how officials in charge of managing Sierra Leone’s retirement pensions and social security benefits could […]
By KABS KANU Cocorioko Publisher The media are the focal point of the community. They are the guiding light of their society .They are the most relied upon vehicle of […]
Higher food prices are hurting the poor greatly. For example, The Calabash visited the market at Masiaka, 47 miles from Freetown to check what the prices of some basic essential […]
We write to formally draw your attention to our growing concerns with respect to the unmitigated violations of human, civil and political rights, and the industrial scale corruption within the […]
HON. IBRAHIM TAWA CONTEH’S STATEMENT ON THE REPORT ON INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATION OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY SOME MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT— I received a signed copy of the subject […]
*ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION* *CATHEDRAL HOUSE* *3 GLOUCESTER STREET* *FREETOWN* *SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA* *Ref: ACC/PR/21/011* *12th March, 2021* *MEDIA RELEASE* *ACC CONCLUDES INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS BY AND AGAINST MEMBERS OF […]
Sierra Leone bans watchdog group over damning report on deadly prison riot Inmates at a prison in Sierra Leone. Prison authorities in the country have imposed a ban on a […]
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