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Year: 2018

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]

Politics & Law

Koroma and his ilk must know it is no more business as usual

August 7, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2018: The political class which kidnapped our tomorrow for a ransom, now wants to buy our today as well. Going by the torment of the past decade, the reality is that the political class sees ours and the nation’s future as a [Read More]

Politics & Law

You are doing well – Sierra Leone’s Catholic Bishops tell president Bio

August 7, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2018: After several days of frenzied and childish rants and rumours about the health of Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio and his performance in office by the opposition APC, the Catholic Bishops of the country yesterday told him – you are doing just fine [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s new Anti-Corruption Czar fights to recover stolen public funds

August 5, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2018: Sierra Leone is one of the most corrupt nations on the African continent, with an estimated 70% of public funds misappropriated by public officials. After ten years of poor governance by the ousted APC government led by president Ernest Bai Koroma, poverty continues to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Anti-Corruption Commission arrests former head of NRA – Haja Kallah Kamara

August 3, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: The former Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) – Ms Haja Kallah Kamara, along with the former director of finance – Abdulai Conteh, were yesterday arrested and detained at the Criminal Investigation Department, for alleged corruption and misappropriation of public funds. Both [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone parliament approves ambassadors and high commissioners

August 3, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Thursday 2nd August 2018, approved forty-one presidential nominees for ambassadorial and other appointments. The approvals were made after a debate of the Eleventh Report of the Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, chaired by the Leader of Government [Read More]

Economy & Business

Ghana energy summit to address West Africa electricity, oil and gas potential 

August 3, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: EnergyNet will be hosting the third Regional Energy Co-operation Summit (RECS) West, in Ghana from 26-28 September 2018. The summit will explore business opportunities in the West African Power Pool (WAPP) regional electricity market and the impact that anchor energy projects will have on [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio returns home hale and hearty 

August 2, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

State House Media: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2018: President Julius Maada Bio returned home yesterday, Wednesday, after attending the ECOWAS – ECCAS Summit which took place on 30th – 31st July 2018, in Lomé, Togo. President Bio’s return has drawn the curtain on the mischievous rumours regarding ill-health. With [Read More]

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