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Billions of Leones missing again in Sierra Leone government revenue – according to leaked Auditor General report
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s 2019 Auditor General Report will soon be tabled in parliament for debate. And like all previous audit reports of successive governments, the 2019 Report is replete with evidence of massive misappropriation or mismanagement of public
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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President Bio commissions four inshore patrol boats to protect the country’s territorial waters
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Yesterday Thursday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned four inshore patrol boats at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Murray Town, Freetown. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, Commander of the Maritime Wing, Captain Navy Philip
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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US embassy in Freetown warns of security alert for Freetown and Makeni
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: The U.S. embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone today published a security alert advising its staff and American citizens to avoid the central districts of Freetown the country’s capital, and Makeni in the north – hometown of the former president Ernest Bai
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ELECTION 2020: For Many Voters, “It’s [Still] the Economy, Stupid…” - The New Journal and Guide
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Aberdeen’s oldest citizen – Mr Mohamed Sallieu Thomas celebrates 100 NOT OUT
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: Born on 17th October 1920, Mr Mohamed Sallieu Thomas is one of Freetown’s oldest residents, and arguably the oldest in Aberdeen, West of Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is the patriarch of the Thomas family of Aberdeen – descendants of Liberated Africans slaves
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At dueling town halls, Trump lauds QAnon for opposing pedophilia and Biden stokes speculation on court packing - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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OP-ED: President Donald J. Trump — My Message to Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Since I became your President, I’ve fought for all Americans. Unlike the D.C. political establishment, which looked out for only a small group of elites at the expense of working families — my Administration is empowering all Americans with an agenda that puts you first, because
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Billions of Leones missing again in Sierra Leone government revenue – according to leaked Auditor General report
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who
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Opposition NGC responds to commission of inquiry reports and White Paper
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: As political fallout continues, between the government of Sierra Leone and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party over the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry reports and the White Paper into corruption allegations against the former
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
IMF and Guinean authorities agree economic policies and reforms
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: President Alpha Conde, 82, won the hotly contested presidential election held last week, according to official results announced Saturday, setting the stage for a controversial third term. He will remain in office to oversee the country’s post-covid economic
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Three electricity distribution officials arrested for corruption in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Elite Scorpion Squad today arrested three officials of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Agency's (EDSA) billing section at Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. According to the ACC statement, they are
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Breast Cancer Awareness Still Up Front in Compton Despite COVID
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sickle cell disease affects 20 million people worldwide, including at least 100,000 in the United States, mainly African Americans, but Hispanics and Asian-Americans, too. To help address the problem on a global scale, the NHLBI has been supporting programs in sub-Saharan
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IN MEMORIAM: Joe Morgan, “Big Red Machine” Star Dies at 77
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over 22 mostly magnificent seasons, the lefty swinging Joe Morgan, who memorably flapped his left arm before each pitch thrown to him, totaled 2,517 hits, 1,650 runs scored, and a .271 lifetime batting average. Additionally, he slugged 268 home runs and stole 689 bases.
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Former president Koroma and others issued travel ban
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 September 2020: The Attorney General of Sierra Leone - Anthony Brewah, has issued travel ban on the former president of the country - Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, along with scores of ministers and senior public officials who served under his government before his ruling party
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Female entrepreneur loses thousands of dollars investment in Sierra Leone – still no justice
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2020: Just when she thought it was safe and the right decision to return home to Sierra Leone to invest her hard earned cash in her country of birth, Mrs Annie Metzger has witnessed all her hard work and investments gone up in smoke, as armed thugs working for a…
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Appeals court strikes out election petition case
Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2020: Yesterday, the Court of Appeal presided over by Hon. Justices Sengu Koroma JSC, Ansumana Ivan Sesay JA and Tonya Barnette J. struck out the election petition case brought forward by Hon. Osman A. Timbo and nine
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OP-ED: Uplifting Americans with Sickle Cell Disease
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Case against former Mayor Herbert George Williams must now be dropped   
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2020: The prosecution is now stalled in the trial of Abu Bakarr Daramy and Herbert George – Williams, after the two eye witnesses who were present at the scene of crime (Lumley round about in Freetown) on the 31st of March 2018, when the late Ibrahim Samura is
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President Bio at long last signs repeal of criminal libel laws
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: After much dithering and political brinkmanship, president Bio has finally put his signature to the laws passed by parliament many months ago to repeal the country’s notorious laws that criminalised libel, marking the end of a bad law. The criminal libel
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