Tag: anti corruption
Sierra Leone: Former President’s brother agrees to pay back money owed to Anti Corruption Commission
Thomas Koroma is a business man, and an architect. He is also the brother of Sierra Leone’s former president, Ernest Bai Koroma. After months of investigation the Anti Corruption Commission found that ...Those named in Ebola Audit Report invited in by Sierra Leone’s ACC
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given for the following persons to report to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with immediate effect in connection with matters related to the management of Ebola funds and ...$9 million unaccounted for from Sierra Leone’s Ebola Funds
1. The Ministry of Health needs to account for $2.8 million from the Health Emergency Response Account for expenditures made without any supporting documents or explanation. 2. The Ministry also needs to ...Sierra Leone Chief of Staff Dr. Richard Conteh fired on corruption allegations
The office of the president of Sierra Leone has announced that Dr. Richard Conteh has been relieved of his duties as Chief of Staff pending investigations over unauthorised mining and timber deals. ...Sierra Leone indicts 17 tax officials, Ecobank employees for stealing state revenue
Words by Amadu L. Bah Following weeks of investigations in an alleged complex fraud involving several institutions, Anti Corruption Commission under the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008 on July 3rd ...Ghana journalist Anas testifies in Sierra Leone Aljazeera timber corruption case
With a cap and strings of beads obscuring his image is how Ghana’s leading investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw appeared before the High Court of Sierra Leone to give testimony in the Anti Corruption ...PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Leone Chief Medical Officer, 10 health officials suspended for GAVI graft
The President of Sierra Leone yesterday announced that 10 officials under investigations by the Anti Corruption Commission have been suspended until further notice so that they may not interfere or impede the ...Who done it? $1 Million GAVI funds disappear at Sierra Leone Ministry of Health
Sierra Leone’s anti graft agency has invited senior officials at the Ministry of Health to give evidence in a new investigation into allegations of the misuse of donor funds. About $1.1 million ...Freetown’s Mayor sentenced to 3 years in jail or a fine of 35,000 USD
August 15th UPDATE: Herbert George-Williams sentenced to 3 years in jail or fined $35,000 (170 million leones) for violating procurement policies for a contract he signed with Morgan Heritage back in December ...Sierra Leone anti graft agency indicts 2 in Aljazeera timber scandal
Freetown—-The Anti- Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone has today indicted two people connected to the Al Jazeera ‘Africa Investigates’ documentary on the timber trade in Sierra Leone. “The ACC wishes to ...