The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2013 The disgraced minister plenipotentiary of Sierra Leone – Dr. Arthur Porter who is under investigations by the Canadian authorities for alleged fraud amounting to tens of millions of dollars, has had his ministerial credentials withdrawn by president Koroma. In an unexpected though not [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi: The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 May 2013: Just last week Wednesday, the Revenue Watch Institute, published its latest Resource Governance Index for 2013. The Resource Governance Index measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. After almost a year of assembling [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2013 Sierra Leone has one of the worst crime figures in West Africa. A survey conducted last year found that the majority of people in the country do not trust the police force. Over 70% of people also said that the police force is [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2013: When a king decides to disrobe the king-maker, there are bound to be alarm bells ringing as rumours of treachery and betrayal make their rounds. But, was the unceremonious disrobing of the king-maker a mere act of showing who is in charge of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2013 There is something disturbing about the way the Koroma led APC government of Sierra Leone makes decisions about spending. And the impact of that decision making process on the country’s parliamentary democracy and the fight against corruption is enormous. When a finance minister [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2013: Ten years of civil war in Sierra Leone took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, leaving more than 5,000 amputees, whose lives have been shattered. And as evil and terror were unleashed on a population of 5 million, few ever believed that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2013 In November last year, the British Foreign Office announced the appointment of Mr. Peter West, as the new British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. He has replaced Ian Hughes. Receiving the new High Commissioner at State House this week, president Koroma said: “We aim [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2013: Last Wednesday, 6 March 2013, the Chief Executive of Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative (AGI), resigned from the organisation, after five years of service – driving the former British prime minister’s agenda in Africa. That agenda is fast becoming the subject of serious [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2013: Lawyers for the prosecution and defence in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was convicted of war crimes last year, made their final arguments before the Appeals Chamber at The Hague this week. Report from APO says that the five Judges [Read More]
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