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Leone Rock Metal Group (LRMG), formerly Kingho Mining Company, under-reported Iron Ore exported from Sierra Leone in 2021 and 2022, an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative revealed. While Sierra Leone Customs in 2021 reported 1.69m MT exported by Kingho, Sierra Leone Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) reported 2.03M and 1.81M by destination customs which is a 17% under declaration of volume. Leone Rock Metal Group sells all its iron ore from Sierra Leone to Treasure Boost Trading in Singapore. Also in 2022, Leone Rock reported 5.40m MT to SL customs, but the actual figure is 6.30m MT. Also, Leone Rock sold iron ore…
A woman with a baby walks with relatives amid buildings damaged by Israeli bombardment in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood on October 30, 2023 [Anadolu Agency/Ali Jadallah] By Belén Fernández On October 28, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari took to X – the platform formerly known as Twitter – with an “urgent message” for the residents of the Gaza Strip. For their “immediate safety”, Hagari said in a message entirely in English, residents of northern Gaza and Gaza City were urged to “temporarily relocate south”. The performance was grotesquely preposterous for a variety of reasons, not least of them that English is the…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Timothy Musa Kabba has assured Morocco’s Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia His Excellency S.E.M Isam Taib that his country remains committed to upholding strong diplomatic bilateral ties with Morocco. During the courtesy call on the Minister, Ambassador Taib said that Sierra Leone and the Kingdom of Morocco continue to enjoy mutually beneficial cooperation, and the signing of the 3rd Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation between the two countries in Dakhla shows their commitment to strengthen the existing bilateral ties. Ambassador Taib reiterated Morocco’s commitment to the implementation of…
According to confirmation from the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) dated 2nd September 2022, concerning five bank accounts comprising two US Dollar accounts and three Leone accounts, the balances confirmed for the two US Dollar and three Leone accounts were US$778,308.06 (Sevnty hundred and seventy-eight thousand, three hundred and eight United States dollars) and Le5,848,964,978.21(Five billion, eight hundred and forty-eight million, nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight Leones) respectively. It was noted by Auditors that one bank account with a reconciled total bank balance of Le9,575,519,646 (Nine billion, five hundred and seventy-five million, five hundred and nineteen…
A Non-Governmental Organization, Craving for Development has pitched a discussion programme called The Ignition Hour. The programme is searching for ten entrepreneurs to tackle sector-disrupting innovation in the Sierra Leone agribusiness ecosystem. On Thursday, the team started to listen to ideas from Sierra Leonean innovators at the Creative Hub Africa, Lumley in Freetown. The Ignition Hour Venture Building Program is a 24-month initiative that will take innovators’ ideas to high-growth and Value companies. In an interview with the CO-Founder and CO-Director of Craving for Development, Aminata Kane, it was disclosed that Ignition was started in 2018 by Craving for Development to support entrepreneurs. This is…
During a meeting organized by LoBDA at the China House, Brookfields in Freetown, the Chairman of the Lower Bambara Chiefdom Descendants Association (LoBDA), Mr Fyeston Bockarie, on Sunday 29th October 2023, disclosed that the LoBDA has requested that, to seek the best interest of the people, the chiefdom should be represented in the Sierra Diamond Mining Company, and that going forward, he wants LoBDA issues to top the news agenda in the country and abroad. According to Mr Fyeston Bockarie, Lower Bambara is a Class A Chiefdom, endowed with rich natural resources, but lamented that it lacked basic services like…
One of the leading insurance companies in the country, Globalrisk Insurance Company (GIC) – SL Ltd is here to stay, adhered to its policies with customers nationwide as it presented over Le 189,426 Million cheques to beneficiaries of the life insurance contracts of deceased customers from January to October 2023 nationwide. The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of GIC, MMrPaul Oparah, stated that he is poised to do more to enhance the lives of civil servants who joined the Company so that they can improve their future financial planning and achieve their dreams of living a comfortable life with their families,…
Former Director General of the National Minerals Agency (NMA), Julius Daniel Mattai The current Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius D. Mattai, and others are to account for Le3,671,342,355.06. (Three billion, six hundred and seventy-one million, three hundred and forty-two thousand, three hundred and fifty-five Leones) generated from Precious Mineral Trading, in respect of the Mining Community Development Fund. According to Auditors, who audited the National Minerals Agency in 2021, they reviewed the documentary analysis submitted by the Mining Cadastre at headquarters and noted that a deduction of 0.75% from the 3% generated from Precious Mineral Trading, in respect…
His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards As part of the unprecedented reforms to make the Judiciary of Sierra Leone an envy in the sub-region, the World Justice Rule of Law Index Report has placed Sierra Leone high above Egypt, Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mali, Cameroon, Sudan, Congo, Mozambique, Mauritania and other countries with 18th position among 34 African Countries. In the world, Sierra Leone made an impressive leap ahead of Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia, Iran, Cambodia, Myanmar, Turkiye, Honduras and Haiti among others. Over the years, the Judiciary of Sierra Leone was not considered in any of the international…
To round off activities marking this year’s 78th Anniversary of the United Nations, members of the UN family in Sierra Leone were engaged last Friday morning in a cleaning exercise of a long stretch of Lumley Beach in Freetown. The UN Resident Coordinator (RC), Babatunde Ahonsi, at the exercise, warned Sierra Leoneans to take care of their natural surroundings. Speaking to the media during the cleaning exercise, he said Sierra Leoneans should inculcate the habit of maintaining proper hygiene by embarking on regular cleaning exercises both at home and in their communities. The RC said the exercise was a productive…