The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2023: The SLPP government of  President Bio has been telling citizens, particularly in the provinces, that the current economic hardship is caused by the Russian-Ukraine War. They say global price increase of fuel is hugely responsible for commodity price inflation in Sierra [Read More]

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2023: When I read a book titled “No News is Bad News” 2001 edition by Michael Bromley of the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media Research at Cardiff University, I learnt that even the news of Professor Kallon’s sacking is appreciated for the [Read More]

David Batholomew: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2023: Economic fragility is a reality for many nations as they work to rebuild their economies post COVID-19 and find their progress undermined by the Russia–Ukraine conflict and its impact on inflation, energy prices and supply chains. In this context, there is an [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: Last week, President Bio took part in high-level discussions in Doha on global challenges to food security, indigenous knowledge systems and their applications, emphasising the direct impact of climate change on food production. Asked by the moderator – Zainab Al Bakri about his thoughts [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: Dahlia Khalifa, IFC Regional Director for Central Africa, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, was in Sierra Leone last week, on her first official visit to the country where she highlighted the central role of the private sector in supporting economic recovery, reducing fragility, and [Read More]

Douglas Okwatch: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: It’s the second year of business on Africa’s biggest trading platform – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – and it isn’t going to be business as usual in the continent’s single biggest trading bloc. Expectations are high and a new [Read More]

Newton Kanhema: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: Kiswahili speakers in East Africa have invented a new word, “hewa kaa,” to describe carbon credit. Hewa kaa is a commodity villagers in Kenya’s coastal region are selling to international corporations as monetary incentive for them to reduce their carbon emissions. When asked what business [Read More]

Marampa Mines Limited: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: Further to a statement made by Marampa Mines Limited (MML) last year, we would like to again offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the three deceased men who tragically lost their lives in the lake within MML’s [Read More]