2024 – Page 51 – The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Ruling SLPP party operatives in President Bio’s government departments accused of stealing public funds

January 13, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Andrew Kamara: 13th January 2024: In a shocking revelation by Sierra Leone’s ministry of finance yesterday, seven people believed to be SLPP party operatives working across various government departments, have been caught stealing a staggering Le12 billion (Old Leones). Disturbingly, this financial malfeasance occurred in December 2023, bringing into question [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Office of the President’s financial fiasco

January 12, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2024: In a stunning revelation by Sierra Leone Auditor General’s 2022 report, the Office of the President emerges as a beacon of financial mismanagement. Unearthed irregularities, especially in expenditures totaling SLE22,570,463.00 (over Twenty-two Billion in Old Leones), shows a shocking absence of essential [Read More]

Sierra Leone opposition APC secretary general – Dumbuya invited by police for questioning

January 12, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2024: Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party Secretary General – Mr Lansana Dumbuya, has today reported on Twitter that he has been invited by police for questioning at the country’s notorious Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Freetown, following a statement he published yesterday on behalf [Read More]

Is Chief minister Sengeh leading a government and APC delegation for talks with US government?

January 10, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2024: The government of Sierra Leone is yet to officially confirm whether the US government has invited a cross-party Sierra Leone delegation to Washington, comprising of government ministers, the opposition APC parliamentary leadership, and civil society, to discuss progress in achieving the signed national unity [Read More]

Case against former president Koroma? Let me see the smoking gun

January 10, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Winstanley R Bankole Johnson: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2024: In my view, audio evidence by Dr. Sylvia Blyden (OOR) pillorying former President Ernest Bai Koroma (photo above) as guilty of Money Laundering is porous, full of inconsistencies and lacking in clarity for a number of reasons: 1 What transpired [Read More]

UN responds to request to look deep into President Bio’s atrocities in Sierra Leone

January 9, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2024: The United Nations has finally put the Sierra Leone situation on its agenda. This is a result of our (concerned Sierra Leoneans’) closed door meeting in November with the office of the UN Secretary General at the UN in New York. Readers may [Read More]

President Bio’s fiscal irregularities: The devil is in the Auditor General’s 2022 Report

January 9, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2023: In a clear revelation, the Auditor General’s report for the financial year ended 2022 sheds light on concerning financial practices within various government ministries and departments. The report, while highlighting instances of irregularities, prompts a closer examination of the transparency and governance [Read More]

The genesis of president Bio’s alleged coup attempt can be traced back to Bio’s 1991 brutal NPRC coup

January 8, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 January 2024: Pro-government social media activists are claiming, and the government is also making similar claim that a few of the assailants killed in the assault in Freetown on November 26, 2023, were security staff of former President Koroma while he was in power. They are [Read More]

Perils of prosecuting Ernest Bai Koroma: A call for prudent consideration

January 8, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 January 2024: In a dramatic turn of events last week, former President Ernest Bai Koroma (EBK) found himself facing charges of treason, misprison of treason, and harbouring. As the legal proceedings unfold, it becomes imperative to scrutinize the inherent risks embedded in prosecuting a [Read More]

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