Tag: scandals
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 ...Sierra Leone Association of Journalists expels Sylvia Blyden
Sierra Leone’s Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has expelled the publisher of Awareness Times Newspaper Sylvia Blyden. At a general meeting yesterday, SLAJ president Umaru Fofanah put the motion forward on the ...Over poor work conditions local United Nations staff in Sierra Leone demand UNIPSIL boss’s removal
The local staff of the United Nations Integrated Peace building Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) have called for the withdrawal of the Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen over allegations ...Sierra Leone Football Association back on, Minister lifts ban
The Minister of Sports Paul Kamara has changed his mind after he wrote a letter to FIFA two days ago banning Sierra Leone’s Football Association. If this decision had not been reversed, ...Dis Na Rubbish: Lars Olof Mattsson invites an ineligible Nigerian to play for Leone Stars
We are coopting Anderson Cooper’s Ridiculist to shine a spot light on all things ridiculous from Sierra Leone and the rest of West Africa. But because this is Swit Salone we have ...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 ...Money wahala stops Sierra Leone football league mid season
Mohamed Fajah Barrie reports from Freetown that the Sierra Leone Premier Football League has been suspended indefinitely. The managers of the league say that they do not have enough funds to continue ...Rural labor strike at African Minerals in Sierra Leone leaves 1 woman dead, 21 injured
The woman shot and killed during the African Mineral’s labor strike in Binkolo last weekend has been identified as a caterer working for ATS. Reported to be in her early 30s, Musu ...President of Sierra Leone plays rap godfather [PHOTOS]
The President of Sierra Leone can now add “hip hop godfather” to his long list of titles. He recently brought together two of the country’s biggest rap stars. Rappers L A J ...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 ...