Month: August 2020

Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2020: In the last three years, African countries have registered an overall decline in the quality of political participation and the rule of law. The United States, which has traditionally been a major influence in promoting democracy in Africa, has had a [Read More]

Milton Margai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2020: Corruption is public enemy number one in Sierra Leone. It is responsible for the country’s underdevelopment. Hence, there is need to support those at the forefront of the war against corruption. According to Professor Lumumba (former head of the ACC in Kenya), [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2020: Yesterday Friday, the Deputy Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) – Augustine Foday Ngobie, presented the commission’s 2019 Annual Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio. Augustine Foday Ngobie said that the report is in fulfilment of the provision of Section 19(1) [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2020: Over continued acts of hostility by the government security forces in Makeni, Rights Activists are demanding an end to brute force. “We are concerned about the continued indiscriminate and arbitrary arrests and inhumane treatment meted out on residents of Makeni by security [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2020: High Court Judge – Justice Cosmotina Jarrett, yesterday granted bail to the former Freetown City Council Mayor – Mr. Herbert George Williams and Mr. Abu Bakarr Daramy. Human Rights Lawyer – Melron Nicole-Wilson secured their bail, after both Williams and Daramy had spent several [Read More]

ACC Publicity Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has completed investigating the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia, in Sierra Leone and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Dr. Minkailu Bah, for alleged Misappropriation of Public Property and Revenue,  Abuse of Office, [Read More]

Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2020: We are immensely despondent to witness the premeditated killings by the Sierra Leone security forces of unarmed and innocent youths, who staged a peaceful protest against the removal of their electricity asset that belongs to the Municipality of Makeni on the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2020: Yesterday, sixteen Cuban medical doctors and nurses, who are in Sierra Leone to help the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, met with President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House. Presenting the Cuban doctors to the President, Minister of Health and Sanitation – [Read More]