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Month: August 2018

Politics & Law

Leadership – the capacity to translate vision into reality

August 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2018: It is an open secret that many people never believed that Maada Bio would one day lead Sierra Leone….again. With the exception of his die-hard supporters, many were shocked by his election victory. But the shock was more telling for the party [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s new Bank Governor designate speaks about the big task ahead

August 24, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2018: Newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone – Professor Kelfala Morana Kallon, whose appointment by president Bio is yet to be approved by parliament, is under no illusion about the enormity of the task ahead. Sierra Leone’s currency – the Leone has [Read More]

Politics & Law

Why is Sierra Leone’s development formula not working?

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Alimamy Turay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Sierra Leone is the roundest country in the world – as discovered by the Argentinian Mathematician, Gonzalo Ciruelos. This small and compact country is endowed with abundant natural resources, a relatively large fertile land for agricultural activities, and an aspiring population of [Read More]

Education and Health

More must be done for children suffering mental health problems in Sierra Leone

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Kona Seibure is the founder and CEO of Advocacy for Mental Health and Human Rights (AMHHR) –  a rights based grassroots mental health advocacy charity, dedicated to improving the lives of young people and persons living with mental health problems in Sierra Leone. Responding [Read More]

Politics & Law

Dr Samura Kamara – life after politics

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Since the last election which brought the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to power, much has been heard of political manoeuvrings on both sides of the aisles. The news wave has been occupied with some senior members of the present government [Read More]

Education and Health

Education is an investment for human and economic development – says president Bio

August 20, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2018: After just five months of being elected president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio has today transformed his flagship manifesto pledge into reality. He has launched his ‘Free Quality School Education Programme (FQSEP)’. The programme will benefit over 1.5 million children across the country, [Read More]

Obituary

ADB mourns the death of Kofi Annan

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: The African Development Bank (ADB) yesterday learned with deep sadness, the news of the death of Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Noble Peace Prize Laureate, at the age of 80 in Bern, Switzerland. “With Mr. Kofi Annan’s passing, [Read More]

Economy & Business

NRA raised fifty-one billion Leones in two days – says Dr. Jibao

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Emmanuel I. Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: The newly appointed Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Dr. Samuel Jibao last Thursday, 16th August 2018, told reporters that under his administration as Commissioner General, NRA raises an average of fifty-one billion Leones in taxes every two days. [Read More]

Election Watch

Sierra Leone launches free school education

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2018: Over 1.5 million school children are expected to benefit from the free quality school education initiative which starts at the school year in September. This flagship initiative which will be launched at the Miata Conference Hall in Freetown today, Monday, 20th August, is part [Read More]

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