SIERRA LEONE
Statement to the UN Security Council
Plan International in 500 bags of food aid scam
Food Aid Coordinator of Plan Sierra Leone is currently being investigated by the police in Bo and Moyamba after she allegedly failed to explain an attempt to swindle 520 bags of beans meant for deprived communities on board a DAF 280 truck.
According to the truck driver, one Mr Abu, he was contracted to transport the food items by Mamakor Demby, the food aid coordinator now in police custody in Moyamba.
District Council shuts down Radio Station
The only community Radio in Pujehun District, Radio Wanjei has been off the air for the last two days after the District Council Chairman Sadiq Sillah forcefully removed the station’s microphones from inside the continuity studio.
Independent Media Commission Chairman, Rod Mac-Johnson told Politico that his Commission "has been informed about the incident and that he will raise the matter with Sillah."
Safari Mineral to open buying office in Bo
Safari Minerals has announced that it is now in the advanced stages of establishing a new buying office in the southern district of Sierra Leone. The office is to be located in the diamond boom town of Bo and once complete, will act as the company's head office in the country.
Near-extinct animal spotted in Sierra Leone
More than a dozen recent camera-trap photographs have confirmed that a small population of Jentink’s Duiker, a deer-like animal that is threatened with global extinction, is living within Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve.
"ART For Life" Campaign to help Salone
"Yehri Wi Cry," Inc. has launched its "Altruism Reflected Tangibly For Life" Campaign at The Lexington Social House (1718 Vine Street, Hollywood, California 90028) to create an atmosphere of giving back through the hands of the "art lover."
The name translates from the Sierra Leonean dialect of Krio into "Hear Our Cry."
