Economy & Business

Audit unmasks Zoodlabs’ $1.44 million fraud

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: In a startling revelation that underscores the negligence and recklessness plaguing public-private partnerships in Sierra Leone, the 2023 Audit Report has laid bare the blatant non-compliance of Zoodlabs (SL) Ltd. with critical contractual obligations. The report highlights the company’s failure to [Read More]

Economy & Business

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) selects Liberia as eligible for new partnership

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has announced that it has selected Liberia as newly eligible to develop a compact. According to the published statement, Liberia was selected as eligible in recognition of the country’s commitment to pursuing critical economic and democratic governance reforms. “MCC [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Parliament votes to remove Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce and Deputy

Sierra Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday voted by a two-thirds majority (100/136) of members present to approve the removal of Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh, marking a significant and controversial development in the country’s governance. Earlier in the session, the Clerk [Read More]

Politics & Law

Fullah Progressive Union condemns ethnic profiling and harassment of Fullahs in Sierra Leone – OP ed

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2024: The Fullah Progressive Union (FPU) strongly denounces the wave of harassment, ethnic profiling, and wrongful detention of peaceful Fullah Sierra Leoneans, which began on Sunday, December 15, 2024, in Freetown and has now reportedly spread to Waterloo, Kono, and other parts [Read More]