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Election Watch

Sierra Leone – Rising hate speech and tribalism ahead of run-off elections

March 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2018: Reports of a massive increase in tribalistic hate utterances and comments on social media, television and newspaper, by supporters of various political parties in Sierra Leone are growing. This has raised serious concerns not only in the country, but overseas. If left unchecked, there [Read More]

Election Watch

Sierra Leone election runoff – If I was Kandeh Yumkella

March 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2018: If I was Kandeh Yumkella, and I was being asked by Samura Kamara or Julius Maada Bio for my party’s endorsement, I will ask both men to do the following things by 22nd March 2018: 1. Provide full declaration of all assets [Read More]

Politics & Law

How investigative journalists helped turn the tide against corruption in South Africa

March 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2018: Every year South African investigative journalists are recognised for their hard work when the winners of the Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism are announced. This year has provided a chance to assess the highs and the lows of our investigative reporting after an extraordinary year. [Read More]

Economy & Business

African businesses should embrace cross-border e-commerce – says DHL

March 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2018:   Cross border e-commerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for retailers and manufacturers with an international online product offering. According to a 2017 DHL report, cross-border retail volumes are predicted to increase at an annual average rate of 25% between 2015 and 2020 (from [Read More]

Economy & Business

Standard Chartered Bank launches is first digital bank in Africa

March 16, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2018:  Standard Chartered Bank  today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the Bank’s first digital bank in Africa and the first-of-its-kind to open in Côte d’Ivoire. Mr. Bruno Nabagné KONE, Minister of Information technologies and communication of the [Read More]

Election Watch

Whatever our position – we will be in the run-off – says Dr. Yumkella

March 15, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2018: Today, Alhaji Dr Kandeh Yumkella – the Presidential Candidate for the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, addressed the people of Sierra Leone, especially the 174,031 people who voted for him and his party last Wednesday. Yumkella polled 6.9% of all the votes counted to [Read More]

Election Watch

This is a victory for all Sierra Leoneans – says Maada Bio

March 15, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2018: “My fellow Sierra Leoneans, on Tuesday 13th March 2018, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission announced the results of the Presidential Election conducted on Wednesday 7th March 2018. Nearly 58% of those who cast their votes, voted for change. I particularly feel deeply [Read More]

Election Watch

Work starts now and must continue onto polling day – says Samura Kamara

March 14, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2018: The ruling APC party leadership are recovering from the defeat they suffered at the first round of presidential election, as the opposition SLPP takes the lead. The ruling APC candidate – Dr Samura Kamara polled 42.7%, and the opposition SLPP candidate – Julius Maada [Read More]

Election Watch

APC drowns in hopelessness as election post mortem begins

March 14, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2018: As countdown begins for the final stage in Sierra Leone’s presidential election, questions are being asked as to how the ruling APC could have suffered such resounding rejection by the people of Sierra Leone. Despite their lofty campaigning, over 57% of electorate rejected the [Read More]

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