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Anti-Corruption Commissioner’s press conference is unconstitutional – Op ed

December 22, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Clifford Mohammed Deen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2021: A persistent friend who is like a fly that irritates me, asked if I followed the illegitimate Anti-Corruption Commissioner’s Press Conference. I swiftly retorted that illegitimacy and myself are not good bedfellows. Sadly, such a bright and intelligent young man, allowed [Read More]

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The 2020 Audit Report: Travelgate, embassygate, fiscal indiscipline and the known unknowns

December 22, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Hon. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Ph.D.: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2021: They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship…I have fought the good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith”. [Read More]

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Open letter to president Bio regarding the midterm census 

December 21, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sylvanus F Koroma Jr (What a Man!): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: Your Excellency, I have chosen to write you this open letter because I know your office would and should debrief you on national issues on newspapers, and this one such important brief that I hope you will [Read More]

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In Sierra Leone – 10 APC women languish in jail without bail over bailable “Riot” allegations

December 21, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: Awareness Times Newspaper yesterday reported that up to ten female members of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) are languishing in the country’s Maximum Security Female Prisons in Freetown where they are locked up since last week, and are due to appear in [Read More]

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Mayor of Freetown discusses progress with Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone

December 17, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: On Tuesday, 15 December 2021, I had fruitful discussions with the Irish Ambassador – Claire Buckley, about the various TransformFreetown projects that have been implemented as a result of our continued partnership. She was excited to see tangible results of work [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s former Vice President Victor Foh acquitted of corruption charges

December 16, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2021: Court of Appeal Judge Reginald Fynn, yesterday acquitted and discharged Sierra Leone’s former Vice President, Victor Bockarie Foh, and two others – Abu Bakarr Carew and Ibrahim Fakeh of all corruption charges brought against them by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Justice Fynn however sentenced first [Read More]

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British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and FCDO Director visit FCC projects funded by UKAid

December 15, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph; 15 December 2021: I am happy to have spent yesterday afternoon with HE Lisa Cheney, British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and Madam Kobi Bentley – Director of Development, FCDO as we visited the sites of Freetown City Council (FCC) projects that were [Read More]

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Audit Report exposes serious lapses in governance – President Bio must come clean

December 15, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2021: Sierra Leone’s Auditor General’s Annual Report for the financial year ending December 2020 which has been viewed with much dread by the government is out, and makes for unpleasant reading. Has President Bio (Photo above) lost the moral high ground in fighting corruption? Just [Read More]

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Dr Samura Kamara and others granted bail

December 15, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2021: High Court Judge Adrian Fisher (Photo) yesterday granted Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara and three others bail in the sum of Two Billion Leones and two sureties each, at the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Freetown. Saidu Nallo (1st accused), Adikali Foday [Read More]

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