Sierra Leone Telegraph

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

September 21, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2018: Population growth is a controversial topic in Africa because it’s been linked with colonial and racist policies in the past. Now that human rights are at the centre of the conversation about family planning, it’s time to address the issue, argues Alex Ezeh in [Read More]

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

September 21, 2018 0

UK and the US will extradite former corrupt APC government officials

September 19, 2018 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 September 2018: A senior official at the State Department in the United States of America has confirmed to the Global Times that the Trump administration will “seriously consider” any request for extradition coming from “the appropriate authorities in Freetown”. The source at the American embassy confirmed [Read More]

British parliamentarians praise president Bio for his leadership

September 19, 2018 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 September 2018: A Commonwealth Parliamentary Association delegation which also consists of members of Parliament from Britain, were in Freetown, Sierra Leone two days ago to gain first-hand experience and insight into political developments and realities on the ground. This visit comes after the electorally defeated opposition [Read More]

CHRD Africa condemns Cameroon government’s travel restriction

September 18, 2018 3

Felix Agbor Anyior Nkongho: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA), the leading human rights organization working to realize human rights in Cameroon, strongly condemns the decision by the government of President Paul Biya (Photo) through its Regional Delegate of Transport [Read More]

“The status quo must change” – says African Development Bank’s chief

September 18, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: “No country can possibly move forward in the 21st century if it leaves half of its talent on the sidelines,” African Development President, Akinwumi Adesina told delegates at the launch of FinDev Canada, in Montreal, while making the Bank’s case for supporting women. FinDev [Read More]

Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency

September 18, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: As the people of Sierra Leone eagerly await the formation of a judge-led commission of inquiry into corruption in the former APC government, recently proposed in a Bill to the Houses of parliament by the newly elected president Julius Maada Bio, in South Africa [Read More]

Opposition APC lackeys and their colonial buffoon – an Op ed

September 18, 2018 5

Concerned Sierra Leonean: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: During its failed bid to retain power in March, the APC party went apoplectic, condemning supposed foreign intervention aimed, it claimed, at orchestrating ‘regime change’. The party’s loudmouths particularly targeted the British as the chief villains of their threadbare fantasy. Guy [Read More]

Rwanda and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) hosting international renewable energy summit

September 17, 2018 0

Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2018: Over 90 participants from more than 30 countries are arriving at the Rwandan Capital City of Kigali as part of efforts by the Climate Investment Funds to bring countries together to discuss issues and challenges related to the design [Read More]

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

September 17, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2018: Forty-nine of Africa’s 55 countries have signed the framework for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free and unfettered movement of businesspeople and investments. When at least 22 countries ratify it, the [Read More]

Good governance is the solution to Africa’s problems

September 17, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2018: Under the auspices of the African Union, African leaders established the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in 2003 as an instrument for monitoring governance performance among member states. A self-monitoring instrument, APRM aims to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices leading to [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Presidential Adviser admonishes British MP – Neil Coyle

September 16, 2018 13

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2018: Presidential Adviser and Head of Strategic Communications in the Bio led government of Sierra Leone – Dr. PK Muana, has broken silence over the rantings made last week by the British Labour Party MP Neil Coyle on social media, about recent political developments in [Read More]

People across Africa travel far to get to a hospital – We worked out how far

September 16, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2018: Only 16 out of 48 African countries and islands have access to hospital services within the WHO’s two-hour time threshold. Writing in theconversation.com, Paul Ouma and Emelda Okiro explain: Nearly half of all deaths and about a third of disabilities in low and middle-income [Read More]