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Sierra Leone – governance and the political will to fight corruption

October 17, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

John Baimba Sesay – China Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2016 We do have challenges as a country, but we have come a long way. One area is the fight against corruption. President Ernest Koroma came in 2007 with the commitment to stepping up the fight against corruption. His Success [Read More]

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Eye witness account of attempted kidnapping of a child in Sierra Leone for ritual murder

October 16, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Aruna Turay (Local Journalist in Freetown) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2016 While sceptics and doubters, including senior government ministers are questioning the authenticity of the growing reports and gruesome pictures of young children murdered for ritual purposes in Sierra Leone, what is not in dispute are the accounts of [Read More]

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Alarming rise in child ritual murder in Sierra Leone as government withholds funding of children’s services

October 16, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2016 In the last few days there has been an alarming and sickening increase in the number of reported and unconfirmed cases of young children’s mutilated bodies found in various parts of Sierra Leone. (Photo: Some of the alleged murderers caught with body parts by [Read More]

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Sierra Leone – When bush is on fire – grasshoppers never wait to say goodbye

October 15, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2016 I have just come back from a West African tour, to the increasing discourse about the national economic realities facing Sierra Leone, as our hustlers’ paradise begin to unravel. That mighty white elephant in the room that some of us had [Read More]

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British funded access to education is to benefit 200,000 girls in Sierra Leone

October 13, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2016 Education, education, education – many commentators in Africa say is the panacea for ridding Africa of poverty, poor health, squalor, social inequality, and political marginalisation. And for poorer countries like Sierra Leone, what is obvious is that after decades of massive under-funding and lack [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone economy – president Koroma must beware of his legacy

October 12, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 October 2016 Austerity. This was one word I always prayed, will be banished from the political vocabulary of our country; because I saw, felt, and tasted what AUSTERITY was. This is no attempt to digest the inner bowels of the economic gymnastics that is [Read More]

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Sierra Leone agriculture – An engine for economic growth

October 11, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

John Baimba Sesay – China Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2016 The world over, especially in Asian nations like China and Vietnam, the agriculture sector remains an important economic activity. Vietnam for instance has made huge achievements in her agriculture sector, contributing to food security and economic development, being one [Read More]

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Sierra Leone – perspectives of a broken economy

October 10, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Dr Jonathan Bonopha Tengbe Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2016 It is perhaps an understatement to say that our economy is in a total mess. All indicators of economic performance are heading rapidly in negative directions: the value of the Leone is falling daily against the dollar and other international [Read More]

Editorial

Sierra Leone government austerity announcement does not tell the whole story

October 9, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Dr Julius Spencer Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2016 Today, I was going to continue my discourse on changing our political system, but I have decided to suspend this and come back to it next week because of the austerity measures that the government announced recently. (Photo: Dr. Julius Spencer). [Read More]

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