Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2013 I know that years of political expediency have left us chasing the allure of a grand berth in the port of flagship nations. And no doubt, the present government would like to be a fairytale and a quaint historical vignette [Read More]
Mohammed Kutubu Koroma The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2013 Yesterday morning my very good and trusted friend and counsellor Alpha Zakmal, who is the Oba of the Aku Mohammadan Jammat in the Washington Metropolitan – USA, called to inform me of the death of Dr. Abdul Afyz Hardy (Photo). [Read More]
The Sierra Leone telegraph: 2 June 2013 Dr. Abdul Afyz Moronke Hardy (Photo) – the personal medical doctor of almost all of the pre-1980s former heads of State of Sierra Leone, passed away peacefully in Freetown, last Friday 31 May 2013, aged 89 years. Dr. Afyz – as he is [Read More]
Dr. Francis I. Dumbuya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2013 The Timbergate trial has collapsed. The Anti-Corruption Commissioner has failed to successfully prosecute, despite high hopes and expectations of many in Sierra Leone. “Seriously? APC gets vindicated…? You’re kidding me?” This title for an article in any newspaper, describing [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2013 The depth of Sierra Leone’s economic growth and development right now, are not signs of a country and an economy destined to duel at the very sharp end of true prosperity in the immediate future – oil or no oil. [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 May 2013 The global economic downturn which started almost five years ago, has left most of the developed economies too weak and fragile to make a quick recovery. Low economic growth, high unemployment and a volatile energy market are dampening confidence of a recovery any [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 May 2013: The latest report of the IMF on Sierra Leone’s economic performance, says that the economy rose to 15% last year as widely expected, contrary to the government’s 30% forecast. But there are serious concerns that despite rising economic growth – fuelled largely by [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi: The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 May 2013: Just last week Wednesday, the Revenue Watch Institute, published its latest Resource Governance Index for 2013. The Resource Governance Index measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. After almost a year of assembling [Read More]
Anthony Kamara Jnr. The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2013 The chairman of Sierra Leone’s National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) – Siray A. Timbo, was recently lauded in Istanbul, Turkey, for the bold steps he is taking in addressing the country’s ICT regulation challenges. Mr. Timbo (Photo) was attending the 8th [Read More]
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