Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Documents from the Paradise Papers reveal how Glencore made secret payments, battled cash-strapped countries in court and sought to reduce its tax bill around the world. When one of the world’s biggest miners turns up in a small town in Africa, the local residents [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Tax haven Mauritius’ rise comes at the expense of the rest of Africa, say researchers working for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The Paradise Papers are out – another litany of spectacular stories of rich westerners using Africa as a money making [Read More]
Adrian Fisher Esq Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2017 I have read with interest, a short article written by my learned friend and senior colleague at the Bar, Francis Gabbidon Esq, entitled “Sierra Leoneans with dual citizenship cannot be members of parliament”. He premised his article on the basis that: [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2017 The dust seems to have settled, or it is settling after an orgy of political goombay dance. The recently concluded APC convention would be remembered for many things and for many years to come. The pre-election gathering of the APC Party was [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2017 You know something? As far as I am concerned, unless we review our entire societal ethos and ensure equity and operationally balanced values that will nullify the desire for power grabbing, our cry against corruption in every facet of our national [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2017 In what was the most anticipated announcement of the year, on a sunny afternoon in Makeni, Dr. Samura Kamara emerged as the flag bearer of the APC. From that very moment on, the entire nation has been asking: “Why Samura Kamara?” The wait for [Read More]
Abdulai Kondowa, B. A., LLB, BL Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2017 It was exactly six years ago when I got news that I had won NOSLINA’s [National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America’s] ‘Mohamed Sadu Bah Scholarship’ to read for a law degree at Fourah Bay College (FBC), [Read More]
Abu Shaw Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2017 Corruption is very endemic in Sierra Leone’s political history. Both my APC and the SLPP parties are guilty of massive corruption. Voters have been let down innumerable times by past governments, dominated by these two main political parties since independence in 1961. [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2017 If you are a voter and looking for any more reason why the APC should be voted out on 7th March 2018, then the latest 2017 Global Hunger Index has shown the scale of their incompetence. This is not a report [Read More]
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