Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2015 First there was vouchergate. Then came timbergate. Now the poor people of Sierra Leone are facing another possible corruption scandal, with the latest $12 million fiasco, referred to by the Sierra Leone Telegraph as the ‘Busgate’ Chinese procurement affair. The Sierra Leone Telegraph has [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2015 According to Reuters, David Nabarro – the United Nations’ special envoy for Ebola, said today Monday, that the Ebola outbreak in Africa has not yet run its course, with around 30 people being infected a week (exclusively in Sierra Leone and Guinea). “Probably about [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2015 President Koroma’s home coming from what government officials say was a successful Ebola conference in America, was this weekend marred by news of fresh outbreaks of Ebola in Kambia and Freetown. The president was also greeted by a handful of the newly arrived buses, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: Saturday, 11 July 2015 Cecil Bunting McCormack – popularly known as Bunny Mack, has this morning sadly passed away peacefully in London after a short illness. (Photo: Left to right – Bunny Mack, Collins Pratt and King Masco). Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bunny rose to global [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2015 Since the arrival of the 100 Chinese buses in Freetown on Thursday, which the Koroma government said it had bought for a whopping $12 million, calls for the minister of transport – Balogun Koroma to publish all of the procurement documents, have gone unheeded. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2015 Calls for an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into the violation of the country’s procurement laws by the minister of transport for the purchasing of 100 buses from China are [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2015 A Sierra Leonean in London, who falsely claimed to be a solicitor has been found guilty of providing unregulated immigration advice and services. Mr Martin Solomon Randolph Kekurah, 64, of Fortune Place, Bermondsey, London, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2015 The Sierra Leone Telegraph has tonight learnt that Addax – one of the handful of foreign companies to answer to president Koroma’s call for foreign direct investment in 2008, is now unable to meet its financial obligations, due to costs overrun and drop [Read More]
Dennis Kabatto Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2015 Sierra Leone’s President Ernest B. Koroma will arrive in New York on Thursday, 9th July, to attend a high-level summit at the UN, despite a planned protest by Concerned Sierra Leoneans USA. (Photo: Protesters in London). “UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban will convene [Read More]
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