By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The Transparency and Accountability Committee in the House of Parliament has ordered the Chinese iron ore miner Kingho not to undertake any activity under their current license until they get clarity about their financial status, ownership structure and a number of issues.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The Transparency and Accountability Committee in Parliament briefly detained two officials of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to attend to the committees summon on time and for failing to come along with the Governor of the Bank.
The two officials were shortly released after the Bank Governor, Professor Murana Kallon showed up at the committee room one and denied any knowledge of receiving any summon.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone (RSCSL) has rejected an application by former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s Defence Counsel to be temporarily transferred from his jail cell in the United Kingdom to a “safe third country” out of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taylor is currently serving a 50-year jail term in HMP Frankland Prison in the UK after being convicted of 11 counts of war crimes charges, which included aiding and abetting former rebels of Sierra Leone’s disbanded Revolutionary United Front.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The House of Parliament and the Sierra Leone Police have debunked the report of a corruption survey that was commissioned by the Center for Accountability and the Rule of Law (CARL). The Corruption Perception Survey, which was launched in April this year, listed Police and Parliamentarians as the top two most corrupt public sector workers.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The government of Sierra Leone says it has terminated the contract between it and the management of the Turkish company, Karadeniz Energy Group, owners of the Karpowership 2 and that the latter is therefore set to depart on the 11th September 2020.
By Politico Staff Writer
Statistics Sierra Leone has issued a statement warning the public to be wary of fraudsters posing as part of the institution’s management and demanding money from shortlisted candidates for the Cartographic Mapping exercise that precedes the 2020 Mid-Term Population and Housing Census.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Ministry of Finance in Sierra Leone is currently being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over suspected maladministration, in connection to the 2015-2018 audit report.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
