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Former president Koroma and others lived above their means and will lose their assets

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2020: Three Commission of Inquiry Reports on corruption and abuse of office by the former APC government led by Ernest Bai Koroma, along with the government’s response to the recommendations of those commissions were published yesterday by the government of president Bio. They make for disheartening reading. Sierra Leone is…

Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

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