Sierra Leone Takes in Seeking Justice for Misused Ebola Fund as Liberia Still Relaxed over Corruption AllegationMonrovia – Since June 2018, the Liberia Anti- Corruption Commission (LACC) recommended to the Ministry of Justice to prosecute top officials of the Liberia National Red Cross Society based on a whistle-blower allegation in November 2015 relating to acts of corruption. In Sierra Leone, Red Cross staff apparently colluded with local bank workers to skim off over US$2 million. Though the Liberian Government has failed to prosecute despite increase calls by Ebola survivors demanding the prosecutions for fraud and corruption that cost lives. The Sierra Leone survivors are suing their government in the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court in Abuja, Nigeria. The case was filed in January 2018 by CARL and two Ebola survivors (plaintiffs).

Source: Front Page Africa March 01, 2019 01:41 UTC