- Six senior officials of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, including the Minister, Dr Prince Harding, have been arrested after they were accused of receiving bribes.
Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commission publication relations officer, Doris Fischer, confirmed the arrest of the officials to the media.
Those arrested include the Director of Civil Aviation and the acting Permanent Secretary in the Transport Ministry.
Anti-corruption officials have passed the files of the indicted officials to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice for review and possible prosecution.
The arrest of the officials was connected to the crashing of Paramount Airlines some weeks back. Except the pilot who escaped through the window, all the passengers and crew on board the helicopter were killed. They included Togo’s Minster of Sports, Richard Attipo.
Because of poor safety reasons, Paramount Airlines has been banned from flying in Europe.
Angered by the fatal crash, President Kabbah suspended Dr Harding. A commission was subsequently set up to investigate the cause of the crash.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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