Sierra Leone News

Brazil Ambassador to Sierra Leone visits cocoa farms in Kenema and Kailahun

March 16, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2019: Following last week’s discussions between the Ambassador of Brazil to Sierra Leone – Kaiser Araujo and the Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) Executive Chairman – Dr. James Vibbi, the ambassador has visited cocoa farms in Kenema and Kailahun Districts on the 6th to [Read More]

Brazil Ambassador to Sierra Leone visits cocoa farms in Kenema and Kailahun

March 16, 2019 1

Pragmatic presidents and versatile leaders – that is SLPP

March 14, 2019 7

Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2019: In the last Puawui edition I made reference to the success story and achievements of the previous SLPP President the late Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan-Kabbah, who departed this world for eternity five years ago. May his gentle soul continue to rest [Read More]

“Socfin must stay” – workers demand

March 14, 2019 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2019: Workers of Socfin Agricultural Company in Sierra Leone have told the government that the presence of the agricultural company in Pujehun District, Sahn Malen Chiefdom that has transformed the chiefdom and district to the admiration of most locals, is vital to the economic wellbeing [Read More]

World Bank’s $325 million funding will help kick start Sierra Leone economy

March 13, 2019 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s economy is in dire need of external financial support to unlock the massive private sector investments required by the Bio led SLPP government to create jobs and put money in people’s pockets. President Bio has promised the creation of millions of jobs, [Read More]

Here we go again – who do these people think we are?

March 12, 2019 2

Dr. Sama Banya (PUAWUI): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2019: For over eleven years they sang the praises and virtues of President Ernest Bai Koroma. They were totally taken in by whatever he did, without ever thinking or deciding that certain actions were not in the best interest of good [Read More]

Sierra Leone Journalists trained in human trafficking

March 12, 2019 0

Alfred Fornah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2019: The International Organization for Migration ( IOM) last week conducted training for media practitioners on Trafficking in Persons ( TIPs) in Sierra Leone. The workshop was conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Welfare , Gender and Children’s Affairs from 5th [Read More]

1000 hectares rice to be grown in each district of Sierra Leone – says farming minister

March 12, 2019 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s minister of agriculture forestry and food security – Dr. Jonathan Joseph Ndanema has announced that each district in the country has been charged with the responsibility of cultivating 1,000 hectares of rice in order to attain Sierra Leone’s food self sufficiency. He [Read More]

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill 2019: A rejoinder to JFK’s thoughts

March 11, 2019 2

Francis Ben Kaifala: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2019: My attention has been drawn to an article in the Sierra Leone Telegraph, by Joseph Kamara (also “JFK”) which raises legal questions around the amendments tabled before Parliament which, the current leadership of the Commission, believes, will revolutionize the fight against [Read More]

In politics you cannot clap with one hand alone

March 11, 2019 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2019: There was seeming air of optimism among many Sierra Leoneans when President Maada Bio and the leaders of the 17 opposition Parties met at State House on 1st March this year. Most saw this gesture as a sign of grown up politics. [Read More]

SLPP wins Tonko Limba Ward 196 election

March 10, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2019: The Chief Electoral Commissioner of Sierra Leone – Mr Nfa Alie Conteh early this morning declared the SLPP candidate winner of the hotly contested bye-election in the Tonko Limba Chiefdom – Ward 196, in the Kambia District. Mustapha Kamara of the SLPP polled 46.92 [Read More]

Liberia must intensify actions to improve governance and fight corruption – says IMF

March 9, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mika Saito visited Monrovia from February 25-March 8 to conduct discussions for the 2019 Article IV Consultation with Liberia. At the conclusion of the mission, Ms. Saito issued the following statement: “Liberia’s economic situation is challenging, [Read More]

IMF reaches staff level agreement on The Gambia’s staff monitored program

March 9, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, visited Banjul from February 25–March 8, 2019. The team discussed economic and financial policy commitments under a new Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for 2019. At the end of the visit, Mr. Wieczorek issued the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill 2019 – some thoughts to consider

March 9, 2019 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission is credited with continuing efforts and enjoying the political goodwill in the fight against corruption in the country. To that end, an Amendment Bill has recently been presented to the House of Parliament, seeking to revise certain [Read More]

Sierra Leone looks set to add value to cocoa for export

March 9, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: The Executive Chairman of the Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Board (SLPMB), Dr. James Vibbi last Friday, 1st March 2019, met with the Ambassador of Brazil to Sierra Leone, Mr. Kaiser Araujo at his Brazil Embassy Office in Aberdeen, Freetown, to exchange ideas and explore [Read More]

APC leadership in hot water as party faces possible meltdown

March 9, 2019 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Since losing the March 2018 elections, there have been incessant calls for the country’s opposition APC party to reform or face indefinite stay on the opposition benches, if not extinction. And recently, the party’s parliamentary leaders have come under fierce attack by sections of [Read More]

President Bio delivers a powerful speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

March 8, 2019 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2019: Yesterday, Thursday 7th March 2019, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone was at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Massachusetts, Boston, USA, where he delivered a powerful keynote speech about his vision for Sierra Leone’s development. His address, titled – ‘Toward a [Read More]

Sierra Leone makes big tourism push to improve economy

March 8, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2019: As Sierra Leone honours the work of Dr. Jane Goodall (DBE, anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace), the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, during her three-day visit to the country last week, there are major changes being made by the government to seriously position [Read More]

President Bio receives big welcome in Massachusetts

March 7, 2019 22

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: President Julius Maada Bio was today welcomed in Boston by the State Representative – Shawn C Dooley of the House of Representatives of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he was praised for his impressive leadership in transforming Sierra Leone. The State Representative congratulated president [Read More]

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Czar indicts former ambassador and others for passport corruption

March 7, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone is saying no to corruption. Yesterday, the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission reported that Ambassador Alie Ibrahim Kanu, who was also the former Chairman of the country’s Independent Media Commission and former Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, has been charged to court for [Read More]

Three thousand ghost workers are to be taken off government payroll

March 7, 2019 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Over three thousand public sector workers have refused to register with the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) which is responsible for verifying and registering all legitimately employed staff that are on the government’s payroll. Yesterday the NCRA issued a strong warning calling on those [Read More]

Sierra Leone brings in second power ship to provide electricity for millions of people

March 7, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s electricity problem needs fixing fast, using sustainable approaches such as the use of renewables, solar, hydro, wind and conversation of decades of landfill rubbish into energy, to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country. With less than 20% of homes [Read More]