Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2021: One of the saddest outcomes of the RUF rebel war and ensuing civil strife is the re-writing of this country’s history. The narratives have been so twisted that I sometimes gasp in horror. Many of those who have pushed [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2021: Editors of the Africanist Press – Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman have published another damning allegation of corruption and abuse of office at Sierra Leone’s National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), where according to the editors – millions of dollars [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2021: President Bio has this week sacked Joseph Sannoh who is one of the civil society activists brought into the public service, after he won presidential election in 2018 with the aim of helping to bring good governance into his government. There are reports of [Read More]
Hon Kandeh Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 March 2021: The Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) was created under Chapter VI, Section 119 of the 1991 Constitution to perform one basic function: promote accountability and good governance. However, to effectively “carry out audits on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with [Read More]
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 March 2021: Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, member of parliament representing Constituency 128, in the far West of Freetown, reacting to the recent findings of the ACC said yesterday that on the 22nd of February 2021, he received a signed copy of the Anti-Corruption Commission [Read More]
Lamin Costo Daramy: 18 March 2021: President Julius Maada Bio has made history as the first President in the Republic of Sierra Leone to appoint someone from the entertainment industry to a top diplomatic position. Amara Dennis Turay Jalloh, whose stage name is Kao Dennero has been appointed by HE [Read More]
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2021: Discourse and controversy surrounding the functions and independence of the Office of the Auditor-General of Sierra Leone are not new. (Photo above: Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, former Attorney General of Sierra Leone). As Attorney-General in 2016, our offices issued a Legal [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2021: The Atlantic slave trade lasted for over 400 years, but freedom lasts forever. Slavery was commonly known as a condition in which someone owns and controls a human being. This meant that the law considered such persons as property and deprived of [Read More]
Lansana Fofanah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2021: Demonstrating leadership by example, the President of Sierra Leone, His Excellency, Julius Maada Bio, his Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, and key government officials are among the first Sierra Leoneans to take the first dose of newly arrived Coronavirus vaccines. This [Read More]
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