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Sierra Leone NGOs accused of misusing donor funds

By Mohamed T Massaquoi 

NGOs in Pujehun are working in isolation and in effect misusing donor funds, members of the Pujehun District Disaster Management Committee have claimed.

The committee, at its weekly meeting last week lamented that lack of cooperation between the relevant authorities and NGOs meant that everyone was working on their own projects so that the outcomes impact less on the targeted communities.

ACC validates MDA’s score cards

By Mabinty M Kamara

Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have met for the validation of their score cards on the implementation of the National Anti Corruption Strategy (NACS), a dispatch from the Anti Corruption Commission said.

The validation of the performance score cards is in line with measures taken by the MDA’s to address key corruption areas that hinder service delivery in Sierra Leone, the Commission said in a report.

Major security breach at Sierra Leone airport

Lungi airport

By Umaru Fofana

Reports are just emerging of a major security breach at the Lungi international airport as a man attempted to board an Air France plane with petrol, a matchbox and a cigarette lighter on him, among other things.

Sierra Leone suspends 12 mediahouses

By Mabinty M Kamara

The Independent Media Commission (IMC) has announced the suspension of 12 media publications and radio stations over violations of its codes and noncompliance to penalties for those breaches.

In a statement, the media regulator said the suspensions,which took immediate effect,were occasionedby the failure of the affected institutions to meet its board’s decision for various complaintsit had received and ruled on.

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