Dr Richard Konteh
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Sacked State House Chief of Staff of Sierra Leone has been sent to jail shortly after a magistrate court refused him bail in a 17-count charge involving him and two others.
5 years, Le 90 mln for NRA fugitive
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A High Court in Sierra Leone has slammed a 5-year jail term plus a Le 90 Million fine on a former National Revenue Authority staff, who was dragged to court by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission on corruption charges.
Elizabeth King, 33, was indicted alongside 16 others by the anti graft agency in June of last year.
She stood a separate trial because she had run away when the indictments were announced, which led to a delay in her trial.
Sierra Leone bids for AfDB presidency
Samoura Kamara
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Senegal has told the Ivorian ambassador in that country that their candidate for the presidency of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Samura Kamara “is the most qualified considering his credentials”.
Sierra Leone police, soldiers complain over poor housing
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The chairman on the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Defence and National Security says soldiers and police officers have bitterly complained to them about "the poor accommodation” they live in barracks across the country. He says they also complained over their conditions of service.
Sierra Leone has most number of peacekeepers
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Head of peace keeping operations in the Sierra Leone Police has revealed that the country has the highest number of officers on peace keeping missions than any other country in Africa.
Assistant Inspector General Kalia Sesay told a press conference at the police headquarters in Freetown that that was “a manifestation of how fast the country has grown since its civil war ended in 2002”.
UK Mayor on business tour of Sierra Leone
The Mayor of Blackburn in the UK, Mullah Salim, has paid a courtesy call on his counterpart, Franklyn Bode Gibson, Mayor of the municipality of Freetown, to explore business and charity opportunities.
In a meeting at the host mayor’s parlour in Freetown, the visiting Brit said that he was very happy to be in a country blessed with natural resources and with all what it needed to help its people live a better life.
AU urges Sierra Leone to domesticate ACDEG
By Bampia James Bundu
African Union Commission has urged the government of Sierra Leone to domesticate one of Africa’s latest documents, the African Charter on Democracy Elections and Governance, ACDEG.
It said it adoption was inspired by “the significance of good governance, popular participation, the rule of law and human rights”.
