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Month: September 2018

Economy & Business

Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella departs Freetown for New York, USA and Kigali, Rwanda

September 14, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Anthony Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 September 2018: Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Member of Sierra Leone’s Parliament for Constituency 062 – Samu Chiefdom, and Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, left the shores of Freetown yesterday, Thursday, for New York to participate as a [Read More]

Obituary

Kofi Annan was the United Nations

September 14, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

António Guterres (UN Secretary-General): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018 Since the shock of former United Nations’ Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one-of-a-kind and one of us. He was an [Read More]

Economy & Business

Female farmer calls on government of Sierra Leone for support

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Mousa E. Massaquoi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: A female farmer in constituency 101, Pujehun district – Madam Hawa Bangali Kallon (alias Akpajie), has called on the government and other development partners to help her farming organization to embark on mechanized farming. The call came as her farming group [Read More]

Economy & Business

Water crisis hits Bo city in Sierra Leone

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Mousa E. Massaquoi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Lack of access to potable water in the Bo district is not news anymore. For many years, residents have had to learn how to live without clean drinking water. Since the end of the civil war in 2002, many promises were [Read More]

Economy & Business

How Djibouti like Zambia is about to lose its port to China

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Beijing’s cumulative loans to Africa since 2000 amounted to $124-billion by 2016, according to figures compiled by the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI). Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around 88 percent of the country’s overall $1.72 billion GDP, with China owning [Read More]

Economy & Business

BADEA assures government of Sierra Leone of financial Support

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: The Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, held a meeting this week with president Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, where he told the  President that the bank will support his government [Read More]

Education and Health

Merck Foundation to help build healthcare capacity in Senegal

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation met Macky Sall – President of Senegal on 30th August 2018 to discuss Merck Foundation’s strong and long-term commitment to build healthcare capacity in Senegal. Merck Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany. “I am [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone ACC arrests corrupt former government officials in passport for cash scandal

September 13, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Investigations into the illegal sale or issuing of passport by officials in the former APC government by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reached its climax yesterday with the arrest of eight people, in what is believed to be a joint effort with the US Embassy. [Read More]

Politics & Law

The tragic killing at Mile 91 must not be used for fanning tribal hatred in Sierra Leone

September 12, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Bashiru Vandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2018: The tragic death in Mile 91 of a fellow citizen is an outcome that must be roundly condemned by all citizens. Relevant videos and audios in the media validate reports that a citizen was shot dead by law-enforcement officers in Mile 91 [Read More]

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