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I almost took my own life because of the ACC – says professor unjustly criminalised

September 13, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2020: A university professor from Nigeria, who has lived and worked in Sierra Leone for several years, last year became the subject of gross abuse of human rights and injustice in the hands of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), after he  was arrested and [Read More]

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Sierra Leone parliament’s corruption indictment conundrum

September 11, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Oswald Hanciles, The Guru: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2020: The Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone has not only just got  “its knickers in a twist” – an English idiom I learned from the writings of  one of the top one percent of columnists in the country, Engineer [Read More]

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NRM’s position on the search for negotiated settlement to peace in the opposition APC

September 10, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Osman Bikal Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2020: We at the National Reformation Movement (NRM) wish to inform the public that we have met with the APC leadership over the past one month to try to resolve the constitutional issues which form the centre of interest of our reformation [Read More]

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Former Sierra Leone rebel leader – Augustine Gbao is released early from prison

September 10, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2020: Sierra Leone’s U.N backed tribunal said yesterday, Wednesday it will grant conditional early release to a former rebel leader in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s brutal civil war. (Photo above: A child victim of the rebel war in Sierra Leone [Read More]

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APC government did not embezzle public housing sale proceeds – says ACC report

September 9, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its second media release published on Monday, 7 September 2020, “has updated the general public of the actions and steps” it says it has taken “to address critical issues raised in the Auditor General’s Reports of Sierra Leone, for [Read More]

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Where is Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio?

September 9, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 25

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is now out of the country for over two weeks without any update from State House about his health, welfare or whereabouts. People of Sierra Leone are quite right to be concerned. The last report about the [Read More]

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Hajj case takes new twist as former vice president Foh calls for video evidence

September 8, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: The corruption case against former vice president, Victor Bockarie Foh and five others, brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2017, has gained traction again after the proceedings were stalled due to the Corona virus pandemic and the flight of one of the accused – [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s parliament is among the most corrupt institutions – says report

September 7, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 16

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2020: The latest Corruption Perception Report published by the DFID-Funded PFM Consortium in partnership with the Center for Accountability and the Rule of Law in Sierra Leone, says that the most corrupt institution in Sierra Leone is the Police, followed by Parliament and the Ministry [Read More]

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Freetown City Council starved of much needed funds to deliver public services

September 5, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: Why is the Ministry of Local Government holding up the tax reform proposals – and by implication local taxes which are due for the Freetown City Council (FCC), thus preventing the council from collecting the revenue it urgently needs to deliver basic [Read More]

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