Sierra Leone News

Opposition parties say No to Sierra Leone national peace conference

May 22, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2019: A national two-day peace and reconciliation conference scheduled by Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio to commence 23rd May, has been voted down by the country’s main opposition APC party, at a meeting of its national executives, parliamentarians, mayors, chiefs, former ministers and other [Read More]

Opposition parties say No to Sierra Leone national peace conference

May 22, 2019 2

Sierra Leone’s minister of basic education speaks out against pupils’ riotous rampage

May 21, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2019: There were ugly violent scenes outside a secondary school in Freetown last week, where pupils ran amok with police officers firing tear gas to control the riotous behavior of the pupils. Dozens of pupils are now in police custody. But there are concerns they [Read More]

Sierra Leone law enforcement officers trained to combat people trafficking

May 21, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2019: Forty-one law enforcement officers in Sierra Leone have received expert training on how to identify, investigate, report and prosecute suspected cases of human trafficking. The 5-day training workshop which took place on 6th to 10th of May 2019, was organized by the IOM – [Read More]

Bintumani-III: Transforming Bio-blunder into Bio-700-carat diamond

May 20, 2019 13

Oswald Hanciles: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2019: Bintumani-III (B-3) will debut this week. It’s a fait accompli. To me, the timing of it is another political and public relations blunder by the Bio Administration. It reeks of political capitulation to the majority party in Parliament, the APC – by the SLPP [Read More]

Wildlife, forest and environmental risk of timber export in Sierra Leone

May 20, 2019 0

Dr. Mohamed A. Bereteh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2019: My concern is that timber export from Sierra Leone can be very damaging, if there are no rehabilitation programs under way. The revenue from timber is of less Importance and benefits to the people of Sierra Leone, in dealing with [Read More]

President Bio in Ivory Coast for talks with Ouattara

May 19, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2019: Last Friday, 17 May 2019, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone arrived in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on a one-day working visit, where he was greeted at the airport by the Ivorian president – Alassane Ouattara. This followed president Bio’s snap visit last week [Read More]

Why Sierra Leoneans should give Bintumani 3 Conference a chance

May 18, 2019 10

Hon. Habib Bakarr Munda: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2019: Both Bintumani One and Two were contentious. The former was a demand by citizens for the National Provisionary Ruling Council (NPRC) administration to negotiate peace with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), as citizens had lost trust in the military to [Read More]

When SLAJ or IMC should lock the stable gates

May 18, 2019 0

PUAWUI- DR SAMA BANYA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2019: “My Lords, Ladies and gentlemen! And members of the fourth estate”. This statement is attributed to Edmund Burke who used it in 1787 in the House of Commons (Parliament) of Great Britain. Burke said that there were three estates of [Read More]

Reject corruption – refuse to be a willing participant and report it

May 18, 2019 2

Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2019: Evidence-based research has irrefutably shown and indeed concluded that there is a direct correlation between corruption and poverty. A respected American business TV news outlet based in New York, Bloomberg, states thus: “Corruption often conjures up images of people getting rich. But [Read More]

Minister Tengbe is determined to turn Sierra Leone’s water sector around

May 17, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2019: In an innovative drive to change Sierra Leone’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector for the efficient and effective delivery of improved access to and utlisation of available water resources in Sierra Leone, Minister of Water Resources – Engineer Dr. Jonathan Bonopha Tengbe has [Read More]

President Bio meets Krio Descendants Union at State House

May 17, 2019 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2019: After several weeks of anger and frustration felt across the Krio community in Freetown over accusations of forceful land grabbing by the ministry of lands, president Julius Maada Bio yesterday met with representatives of the Krio Descendant Union (KDU) at State House. According to [Read More]

Government blamed for shortage and soaring prices of fish in Sierra Leone

May 17, 2019 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2019: It is Ramadan, and millions of Muslims across Sierra Leone are fasting amid increasing scarcity of fish – the main source of protein for most people in the country. President Bio has appointed a new minister of trade and industry to help tackle the [Read More]

IMF deputy managing director speaks about The Gambia’s pathway to prosperity

May 16, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2019: The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mr. Tao Zhang, arrived in the Gambia early this week, where he met with government officials, politicians, senior civil servants, industry leaders, and civil society. Delivering his keynote address, he spoke about The Gambia’s [Read More]

Fighting corruption in Sierra Leone is everyone’s business – there is a new sheriff in town

May 16, 2019 9

Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2019: Any successful developmental strides made by a country largely depends upon it’s ability to control corrupt practices and activities in the daily life of its citizens, particularly in the context of the awarding of government contracts, fair judiciary, judicious management of donor [Read More]

Sierra Leone health ministry to give over 3 million children lifesaving vaccination

May 16, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s ministry of health and sanitation in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, GAVI and other health development partners will soon commence a nationwide Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign, aiming to reach over 3 million children with lifesaving intervention, starting Monday June 10th – Sunday June [Read More]

Why do we need another Bintumani conference in Sierra Leone now?

May 16, 2019 0

Puawui – Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2019: In my last Puawui column under the title “Crooked Thinking”, I stated that I was in agreement with APC’s “one drop” Mohamed Sankoh that we do not need a Bintumani conference now but added quickly that it was for [Read More]

When will the people of Sierra Leone live the good life – food for thought

May 15, 2019 6

Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2019: “Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, poor road conditions nationwide constitute the major development challenges in Sierra Leone. It is estimated that only 10% of the 11,300 roads are paved”. Only, 10%? Yes, since April 27th, 1961, our country’s date of birth. The above, [Read More]

Workers in Sierra Leone’s financial sector face exploitation and human rights abuse

May 15, 2019 4

CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2019: Many of the problems faced by workers in Sierra Leone are procedurally unfair and illegal, but the authorities remain apathetic in the face of the problem. Our research shows that workers’ employment rights are not being upheld. They are likely to be bullied [Read More]

My advice to President Koroma of Sierra Leone

May 14, 2019 14

Sorie Fofana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2019: Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah retired peacefully at the end of his second and final term as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone in September 2007. Since he retired from office, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah carried himself like a retired President [Read More]

Is Sierra Leone likely to see the return of direct London to Freetown flights anytime soon?

May 13, 2019 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2019: The return of direct flights from London to Freetown, and reduction in cost of flying to Sierra Leone cannot come too soon for Sierra Leoneans living in the UK. This is even more important, if the country is to begin to open up its [Read More]

Sierra Leone – how do we balance regional and national Interests?

May 13, 2019 0

Jenkins Sulaiman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2019: Like many other countries, Sierra Leone’s national government heavily influences the rules under which subnational/regional government operate. This allows subnational interests in the national government to somehow influence how intergovernmental relationships are executed. However, in a country with a bifurcated political system [Read More]