Minkailu Mansaray

Shortly after assuming office Kaifala ordered the arrest of former Vice-President Victor Bockarie Foh and former Mines and Mineral Resources Minister Minkailu Mansaray on charges of embezzling funds earmarked for hajj pilgrims...

On 5 July former Vice-President Victor Bockarie Foh and ex-Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray were arrested and remanded on police bail for allegedly embezzling tens of thousands of dollars meant for Hajj pilgrims last year...

Moreover APC sources in Freetown say that Koroma had long promised to support Minkailu Mansaray who is deputy chair of the APC and the Minister of Mineral Resources both powerful positions as his successor...

'These are burning issues ' Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray told Africa Confidential on 11 April...

Bangura who works closely with mines minister Minkailu Mansaray is one of a group of technocrats trying both to revive the mining sector and chart a way forward...

As a sign of the rocky economic times Koroma has left Minkailu Mansaray in place as Mines Minister...

Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray has sent Octéa several letters warning it that it was in breach of its statutory obligations and that its mining licence would be cancelled...

It's all part of a new campaign led by Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray for better utilisation of mineral assets (AC Vol 56 No 23 Koidu's future in the balance)...

A ten-strong team led by Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray is in London for crisis talks set for 16 November on the future of the Koidu diamond mine which is currently owned by Octéa Limited a debt-laden subsidiary of the Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz's BSG Resources (BSGR)...