The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security (MELSS) has confirmed that it has received copies of summary dismissal letters affecting more than 1,000 Sierra Leonean employees of Koidu Limited. In...
Workers at Koidu Holdings Limited have gone on strike following the sudden dismissal of 900 employees. They are protesting what they describe as unfair treatment and abrupt layoffs, claiming the decision...
Koidu Holdings Limited, a leading diamond mining company in Sierra Leone, has dismissed over 900 employees for what the company describes as “gross misconduct” and “participation in an illegal strike...
Koidu Holdings Limited has submitted a preliminary report to the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources detailing the impacts of the recent industrial strike in Kono District, which has now dragged...
First Lady Fatima Bio issued a public apology in Sierra Leone's Parliament for controversial remarks made during the recent industrial unrest involving Koidu Holdings and its employees. In her previous...
Prominent Sierra Leonean barrister and human rights activist, Yasmin Jusu Sheriff, has launched a scathing critique of First Lady Fatima Bio's involvement in the ongoing labor dispute at Koidu Limited,...
Koidu Limited has been compelled to suspend its operations and shift into a Care and Maintenance phase due to an industrial strike, which the company describes as illegal, that has disrupted the company’s...
The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security (MELSS) and Koidu Limited have announced a joint agreement aimed at resolving a recent labor dispute and restoring industrial peace at the diamond...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL), in collaboration with the Kono District Human Rights Committee (KDHRC), has conducted a fact-finding mission to investigate a growing labor dispute...
Civil Society Activist, Joseph Sannoh, has accused Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, David Moinina Sengeh, of disrespecting the First Lady, Fatima Bio following the Kono miners incident about a fortnight...
