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Tonner, who lives in London, has set up a crowdfunding page to fund a judicial review into the deal. The government could be acting unconstitutionally if it acquired the land compulsorily, he said, because the constitution requires any such move to be in the public interest. The compensation stated by the government was also unfair, he argued, claiming that the rate was about 30 times lower than the market value of the land. Tito Gbandewa: ‘If they do this here, the water will be dirty, there will be a lot of oil and noise, the trawlers will be all around.’ “Under the constitu...

‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese fish plant Karen McVeigh and Kabba Kargbo in Freetown A $55m (£39m) deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100 hectares (250 acres) of beach and protected rainforest has been criticised as “a catastrophic human and ecological disaster” by conservationists, landowners and rights groups. The gold and black sands of Black Johnson beach fringe the African nation’s Western Area Peninsula national park, home to endangered species including the duiker antel...

RAIC Holds Round Table on FOI Law Written by Abdulai Braima In its drive to popularize Right to Access Information Act of 2013 to ensure compliance, the Right to Access information Commission RAIC with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa OSIWA has on Thursday 25th February held a round table for professional interest groups at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel, Aberdeen in Freetown. The session which targeted The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists SLAJ, The Sierra Leone Teachers Union, SLTU, The Sierra Leone Labour Congress and the Sierra Leone Association of No...

February 9, 2021 Information Officer A team headed by the Chairman of the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) has today, Monday, 8th February, 2021, met with the minister of Labour and Social Security in its popularization drive of the Right to Access Information (RAI) Act 2013.  The meeting, which was held at the minister’s office at New England Ville in Freetown, was well attended by various heads of departments and units of the ministry. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Honorable Mustapha Braima, explained that the RAI was born out of the high amount of secrecy and conf...

Share Oil, gas and mining projects often yield large amounts of public revenue and can have a material impact on host communities. Transparency on the terms governing these projects can help ensure that natural resources are managed fairly and in the interest of citizens. The latest “Transparency Matters” webinar demonstrated widespread support for contract disclosure. Moderated by Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, the event explored the important role contract transparency can play to strengthen the management of vital public revenues. Contract public...