The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2013 The end of the war in Sierra Leone in 2001, saw the introduction of a plethora of initiatives and strategies aimed at building and consolidating the peace. But perhaps the most profound of policies aimed at returning the country to a democratically governed [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2013 With a strong fiscal and monetary policy management and governance performance last year, the Rwandan government is showing that it is prepared to take difficult and painful decisions to get the country out of poverty. The latest IMF figures show that poverty in [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2013 Whilst President Obama is today busy looking for ways to positively engage with Black Africa, the Chinese are busy counting their profits and looking for ways to further expand their economic and political interests in the continent. Has president Obama missed the boat? [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2013 Report from the White House says that the leaders of four African nations will meet with President Barack Obama next week in Washington. The meeting, which takes place on 28 March 2013, will include Presidents- Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, Macky Sall [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2013 In November last year, the British Foreign Office announced the appointment of Mr. Peter West, as the new British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. He has replaced Ian Hughes. Receiving the new High Commissioner at State House this week, president Koroma said: “We aim [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 March 2013: Liberia is on the verge of becoming a prosperous nation, following decades of poverty and political instability. But it will have to quickly develop its capacity to manage the billions of dollars forecast from mineral export earnings. That was the keynote message from a [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2013 Report from APO says that a new analysis by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), has revealed that the paddy rice production growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has almost tripled. Rice production has risen from 3.2% per year – before the rice crisis [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2013: Last Wednesday, 6 March 2013, the Chief Executive of Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative (AGI), resigned from the organisation, after five years of service – driving the former British prime minister’s agenda in Africa. That agenda is fast becoming the subject of serious [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2013 29 public officials, including former deputy minister and a permanent secretary, were indicted last week on various corruption charges. They are accused of stealing millions of dollars from funds meant to support the eradication of malaria in Sierra Leone, as well as other [Read More]
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