Sierra Leone: Salone Receives U.S.$10m Per Annum for Amisom Role

The Ministry of Defence(MOD) on Monday said that the Union Nations each year remits the sum of US$10,485,600 (ten million, four hundred and eighty five thousand, six hundred United States dollars)to the government of Sierra Leone for the purpose of paying salaries and allowances to 850 troops deployed in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Speaking at a press conference at the MOD, Minister of Defence, Retired Major Palo Conteh, said that each member of the Sierra Leonean Battalion (LEOBATT) deployed in Somalia is entitled to US$828 every month, while the residual amount is utilized for operational cost by the ministry and the government of Sierra Leone.

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