Sierra Leone News

Sierra Leone’s corruption commission of inquiry Judge’s home burgled

July 22, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2019: The home of one of the Judges chairing the three commissions of inquiry into alleged corruption and abuse of office by ministers and senior officials of the former APC government – Justice Biobele Georgewill, was broken into last night, by unidentified persons. According to [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s corruption commission of inquiry Judge’s home burgled

July 22, 2019 1

Sierra Leone economy facing tough challenges – Bio restricts use of foreign currency

July 21, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2019 In June 2016, president Koroma of Sierra Leone sent out a text message to every citizen, demanding that they refrain from using foreign currencies, as the economy slipped into deep crisis which later prompted the IMF and World Bank to pull out of Sierra [Read More]

APC deputy chairman questioned by police for corruption

July 19, 2019 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2019: The deputy chairman of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the All People’s Congress (APC) – Dr. Minkailu Mansaray, who is also the former minister of mines, has been informed by the police that he has until today, Friday 19 July 2019, to appear [Read More]

President Bio holidaying in luxurious Kenyan safari resort

July 19, 2019 21

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2019: The ‘earth shattering’ mystery surrounding president Bio’s disappearance has now been unravelled, despite efforts by State House to keep his whereabouts unnecessarily and unprofessionally secret. The Kenyan government yesterday reported that president Bio is in the country, where he is enjoying a luxurious safari [Read More]

Africans denied entry to the UK far more than others

July 18, 2019 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 July 2019: With the UK set to leave Europe very soon, there have been several high level overtures from the British establishment, including recent visit to South Africa by Prime Minister Theresa May, as well the visit to Ghana and Nigeria by His Royal Highness Prince [Read More]

The woman fighting for a better Sierra Leone

July 17, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2019: Vickie Remoe was born in Sierra Leone, but left the country in 1994 during the time of a civil war that retarded the growth of the nation. As a child Remoe had no choice except to leave because her mother, a diplomat, had just [Read More]

Sierra Leone makes strong case for implementation of SDGs at the UN

July 17, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2019: Sierra Leone has joined several other nations to present a 2nd Voluntary National Review Report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the on-going High-Level Political Forum 2019 at the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking on behalf of stakeholders in government, [Read More]

Graduate Women International celebrates 100 years

July 16, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2019 Graduate Women International (GWI) is celebrating its centenary in Geneva, Switzerland, with a conference taking place on July 24-28, 2019, at the University of Geneva. Over 400 women from across the globe will gather to hear speakers such as Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Human Rights Activist [Read More]

Where is president Bio of Sierra Leone?

July 16, 2019 22

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s media – both news and social, are awash with rumours and innuendos. concerning the whereabout of president Julius Maada Bio, who has not been seen in public or heard from, for several days. The president whose staff at State House are normally [Read More]

Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s – and to the people what is the people’s

July 13, 2019 4

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2019: Social media has been inundated with comments from readers, since news broke concerning President Bio’s decision to pay out millions of dollars to the former President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and senior government officials. The news has been greeted with consternation and [Read More]

APC party leadership pays respects to the Yumkella family

July 13, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma and the deputy Chairman of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party – Minkailu Mansaray, yesterday Friday, 12 July, visited the family home of Dr. Kandeh Yumkella at Juba Hill in Freetown to express their personal and party’s [Read More]

Freetown faces impending doom if water crisis is not sorted

July 12, 2019 8

Barton Cole: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2019: It’s difficult for people who have never had to contend with having no access to treated water to imagine a city running dry. I have been called a doom monger and an alarmist for calling attention to just that. Yesterday, I heard [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic climate remains challenging

July 11, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic situation remains challenging despite bold policy measures, according to the authors of a new World Bank Economic Update on Sierra Leone, published today. The second edition of the Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) was launched today by the World Bank at [Read More]

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella’s mother has passed away

July 11, 2019 10

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: The death is announced of the mother of Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella MP, Madam Haja Binta Yumkella. She passed away this morning at her residence at Juba Hill in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr Kandeh Yumkella is the 2018 Presidential candidate and Parliamentary Leader of [Read More]

President Bio and the Lungi bridge – modern day Nehemiah?

July 11, 2019 9

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: President Bio’s government has taken the bold step of launching the ambitious Lungi Bridge project to link Lungi with the Freetown mainland. This project has received rave reviews from most government supporters and derision from opposition quarters. It is disconcerting to note [Read More]

Sierra Leone is doing well in tackling corruption – says Global Corruption report

July 11, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: Corruption is hindering Africa’s economic, political and social development. It is a major barrier to economic growth, good governance and basic freedoms, such as freedom of speech or citizens’ right to hold governments to account, according to the latest Global Corruption Barometer – Africa [Read More]

Corruption is rife across Sierra Leone’s banking sector

July 10, 2019 3

CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2019: There is widespread and systematic corruption within the banking sector in Sierra Leone. There is evidence to suggest that regular and widespread criminality has been committed by the financial services industry for several years. Chiefly among which, is the lack of due diligence [Read More]

New Minister of Local Government Tamba Lamina takes oath of office

July 10, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2019: Tamba Lamina, who until a few weeks ago was serving in London as Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the UK, yesterday took his oath of office – in the presence of president Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, as the government’s new [Read More]

Yumkella and his fellow NGC parliamentarians are leading by example

July 10, 2019 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2019: In the past three weeks, NGC Parliamentarians representing Kambia District, led by Dr Kandeh Yumkella of Constituency 062, Samu Chiefdom, have embarked on several development projects in Brimaya, Khonimaha, Bamoi Luna and Mambolo in Kambia. In a coordinated joint effort with his colleagues, Foday [Read More]

The making of the APC Party Constitution 2019 – The choice to choose our leaders

July 9, 2019 5

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2019: The leitmotiv of making Constitutions belies in the Rule of Law. This concept, having been refined in its modern formulation by Albert Venn Dicey, is at the heart of law and order in all societies that strive for democracy and respect [Read More]

Sierra Leone railway – the stolen national treasure

July 9, 2019 32

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s railway was a national asset that was stolen from its people. Before Sierra Leone’s national railway was finally shut down in 1975 by the APC government of president Siaka P. Stevens, it passed through 49 train stations – all connected by an [Read More]