Category: Breaking News
Sierra Leone: Electoral Commission’s Effort to Cover-up US$10 Million Procurement Scandal
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) held a press conference on Monday 19th September…
Sierra Leone: Over US$500,000 Withdrawn for President Bio’s Expenses in New York
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Anne B. Wallis, and Matthew Anderson Details on bank transfers and withdrawal records from the President’s Office in Freetown show…
Sierra Leone: Equipment and software irregularities affect voter registration despite about US$10 million government procurement expenditures
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Sierra Leone’s national voter registration exercise for 2023 commenced on 3 September 2022, and was…
Illegal Expenditures: First Lady’s Office paid over Le1.3 billion to private company for alleged fuel supplies
By Nik Harris, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Transactions in bank statements from the Office of the First Lady provide comprehensive details on how more…
Sierra Leone: New evidence shows government’s ongoing efforts to silence Africanist Press
By Anne Baber Wallis, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Leaked documents from the Office of the Attorney General of Sierra Leone provide new evidence on…
Sierra Leone: Opposition Parliamentarians defend President’s corruption
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was sent to the parliamentary leader of the All Peoples Congress (APC) on 8th July 2022. It was written by…
Sierra Leone: The Financial Secretary and Money Transfers to London
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah A statement attributed to Sierra Leone’s Financial Secretary, Sahr Jusu is being circulated on social media by government officials to…
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…
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…
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…
