Sierra Leone News

The poor deserve a life too – as dead men don’t read

April 22, 2019 0

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: President Bio’s legendry determination to mount the seat of Sierra Leone’s leadership is well known and the performance of his administration and his utterances since assuming power, answer a question I asked years back about whether there was something he had [Read More]

The poor deserve a life too – as dead men don’t read

April 22, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Czar takes pay-no-bribe reports to ministries

April 22, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner last Thursday, 18th April 2019, met with several Deputy Ministers to discuss feedback and reports posted by citizens on the Pay No Bribe (PNB) campaign reporting platform about their respective ministries. The PNB reporting platform gives citizens the opportunity to [Read More]

Sierra Leone now has a Special Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court

April 22, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone – Desmond Babatunde Edwards has established a Special Division of the High Court to expeditiously deal with those charged to court by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Sierra Leone’s judiciary is notorious for delaying cases at a heavy cost to the [Read More]

New diamond mining strategy could benefit mining communities in Sierra Leone

April 22, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: A group of 29 international diamantaires and jewellers, headed by Martin Rapaport – Chairman of the Rapaport Group, were in Sierra Leone a few weeks ago on a trade visit. They held discussions with the Bio led government about a new strategy that could [Read More]

Economic empowerment of women is good for all – countries make progress lifting endemic obstacles

April 19, 2019 0

Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2019: Government staffer Souhayata Haidara enjoys talking about her life in a patriarchal society. Her career is a triumph of patience and perseverance, she tells Africa Renewal with a smile and a wink. Ms. Haidara, currently the Special Adviser to Mali’s Minister of [Read More]

Women in African politics – miles to go before parity is achieved

April 19, 2019 0

Zipporah Musau: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2019: In the fight for gender equality, women around the world have advanced in small and large ways. Yet for women in Africa, progress is measured in micro steps, and the struggle has a long way to go. The good news is that [Read More]

Sierra Leone must not be defined by the stigma of the past – Bio tells the world

April 18, 2019 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: “I wake up every day believing that our country should no longer be defined by the stigma of the past. The future offers more hope and opportunity for all. It matters more to me that young men and women all across the country can [Read More]

Stakeholders discuss Sierra Leone’s health sector challenges

April 18, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: ICAP in collaboration with Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation, has officially launched the 2017 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) Report, which was followed by a two-day workshop on health data use for decision making. The event was held at the Bintumani [Read More]

Human Rights Commission reminds government of Sierra Leone of its obligations

April 18, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: The newly appointed Commissioners of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) held their first press conference yesterday at their Tower Hill office in Freetown, where they reminded the government of its obligation – to respect, protect, and guarantee human rights in the [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s chairman of NRA elected vice chair of China’s BRITACOM

April 18, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: The chairman of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) – Ms. Tuma Adama Jabbi has today been unanimously elected as vice chairman of the highest council of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM), at a conference in Wuzhen, China. The [Read More]

Government departments failing to comply with Right to Access Information laws

April 17, 2019 0

Sinneh Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2019: Sierra Leone government chief minister – Professor David Francis, has called on six defaulting government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to submit their Proactive Disclosure Publication Schemes to the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) by 30th May 2019, after failing to [Read More]

Sierra Leone minister of labor Adekunle King speaks about the ILO

April 17, 2019 1

Dennis Kabatto: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2019: The International Labor Organization (ILO) was founded in 1919. It brings together governments, employers and workers with a mission to defend workers’ rights, encourage decent job opportunities and advocate for social justice. Last Wednesday, representatives of the 187 ILO member states gathered [Read More]

Sierra Leone gets a new British High Commissioner

April 16, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London has today announced that the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone – Mr Guy Warrington, will be replaced in September 2019 by Mr Simon Mustard. Mr Guy Warrington who succeeded Mr Peter West as British High [Read More]

“D gron dry” – the ground is dry – barren – lifeless

April 16, 2019 11

Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: “The gron dry” is the lamentation of supporters of the ousted APC administration which one hears everywhere; they complain of the general economic hardship that has hit the country following the ouster of the Ernest Bai Koroma government. And yet [Read More]

Sierra Leone charity wins life-saving solar powered vaccine refrigerator

April 16, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: Dulas are pleased to announce that the winners of the vaccine refrigerator competition are Set4Life Australia (S4LA). S4LA is a grassroots, not-for-profit organisation providing direct support for the people of the Yiben area in Sierra Leone. Working with the community and their dedicated champion [Read More]

World Bank scales up Sierra Leone’s funding to boost economic growth

April 15, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: The international community and development partners in Sierra Leone continue to extend tremendous goodwill to the Bio led government. Last month president Julius Maada Bio met with the World Bank’s senior management team to present his government’s agenda and achievements made after twelve months [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry woos investors in Italy

April 15, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Last week, Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry – Peter Bayuku Konteh, Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Germany who is also accredited to Italy – Dr. M’Baimba Lamin Baryoh, and the acting director of investment promotion at the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotions [Read More]

Economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa is encouraging – says IMF

April 15, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: African economies are facing a huge challenge after the last global economic crisis hit many African countries quite hard. Many are still struggling to recover. Last week, the IMF held a press conference. “In many of these countries public investments has helped spur higher [Read More]

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below 3% – three years after crisis

April 15, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3 percent for 2018, down from 2.5 percent in 2017, according to the April 2019 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies released last week. Economic growth remains [Read More]

President Bio speaks about leadership at Vancouver conference

April 15, 2019 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Yesterday, president Bio and the mayor of the capital Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr, arrived in Canada for a five-day Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference, where president Bio will deliver a keynote speech on ‘Leadership’. The TED conference is taking place in Vancouver, [Read More]

When do we challenge our African leaders?

April 13, 2019 2

Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2019: Are Sierra Leoneans really confused about investigations, commissions and audit? While the country seems to be breathing a new wave of fresh air and suffocation on the one hand, many citizens see the various sets of audits as the turning point [Read More]