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Sierra Leone: Proposed voter registration requirements may exclude thousands of eligible voters

By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Members of Parliament (MPs) in Sierra Leone are proposing legislation that could affect thousands of…

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Sierra Leone:Chief Justice, 60 others owe Le5.09 billion in withholding taxes on rent allowances

Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, Desmond Babatunde Edwards (PIN#102462) and 60 other political appointees did not pay withholding taxes on rent allowances paid to them in…

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Press freedom groups call for investigation into death threats against Africanist Press editors

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Sierra Leone authorities to cease their harassment of the Africanist Press news site and its publisher, Chernoh…

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