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Month: August 2018

Politics & Law

Can a regional court be a viable alternative to the ICC in Africa?

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: An African court with international criminal jurisdiction which has been debated but never been put into operation, could be an option if Africa withdraws from the ICC, as Michelle Nel reports for theconversation.com: The International Criminal Court (ICC) came about after an overwhelming majority [Read More]

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SLPP officials refute APC allegations of political killing

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: The war of words which started between the APC party and SLPP, following the defeat of the APC at the polls in March 2018, is simply refusing to go away. Whilst the ruling SLPP are accusing the opposition APC of trying to sabotage its [Read More]

Economy & Business

ADB president calls for emerging technologies to improve farming in Africa

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: Africa should be the breadbasket of the world, and has no reason spending US$ 35 billion a year importing food, African Development Bank (ADB) president Adesina tells Agriculture conference taking place in the U.S. Akinwumi Adesina made an urgent call to give farmers across [Read More]

Economy & Business

APC wrecked the economy of Sierra Leone

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

A concerned citizen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: APC wrecked the economy of Sierra Leone and left it in shambles. But its supporters now want to see the Bio led government conjure up miracles in 100 days. When the economy crashed in the hands of the APC, its supporters [Read More]

Politics & Law

Kandeh Yumkella meeting his UK and US supporters

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: It is now almost five months since general and presidential elections were held in Sierra Leone, in which one of the country’s newly formed political parties – the National Grand Coalition (NGC) led by Dr Kandeh Yumkella, proved it is a force to be [Read More]

Politics & Law

Islamophobia – exploiting the pain of genuine victims

August 11, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: Boris Johnson, the former UK foreign secretary, said people in burkas looked like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers”. The criticisms that have greeted his remarks were obvious. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said his comments risked “vilifying Muslim women”. While many [Read More]

Politics & Law

ACC investigates secretary to former president Koroma for corruption

August 10, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2018: An official at the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), yesterday told the Sierra Leone Telegraph that the former secretary to ex-president Koroma – Mr Osho Coker, is being investigated by the ACC for alleged laundering of public funds, using the country’s embassies. Mr Osho [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone is still a fragile state

August 9, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2018: Some people are so pessimistic they make grumbling into an art. I had a friend a long time ago who was a perpetual grumbler. For him everything was doom and gloom. He finally got a visa to travel to the USA with [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s fight against corruption need not be corrupt

August 7, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Emmanuel A.M. Sam: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2018: Corruption is a complex and multidimensional problem that requires total commitment, if it is to be defeated. It is natural that people would try to create privileges and personal benefits, irrespective of how negatively and adversely such behaviour may impact society, [Read More]

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