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Month: March 2019

Politics & Law

SLPP wins Tonko Limba Ward 196 election

March 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2019: The Chief Electoral Commissioner of Sierra Leone – Mr Nfa Alie Conteh early this morning declared the SLPP candidate winner of the hotly contested bye-election in the Tonko Limba Chiefdom – Ward 196, in the Kambia District. Mustapha Kamara of the SLPP polled 46.92 [Read More]

Economy & Business

Liberia must intensify actions to improve governance and fight corruption – says IMF

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mika Saito visited Monrovia from February 25-March 8 to conduct discussions for the 2019 Article IV Consultation with Liberia. At the conclusion of the mission, Ms. Saito issued the following statement: “Liberia’s economic situation is challenging, [Read More]

Economy & Business

IMF reaches staff level agreement on The Gambia’s staff monitored program

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, visited Banjul from February 25–March 8, 2019. The team discussed economic and financial policy commitments under a new Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for 2019. At the end of the visit, Mr. Wieczorek issued the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill 2019 – some thoughts to consider

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission is credited with continuing efforts and enjoying the political goodwill in the fight against corruption in the country. To that end, an Amendment Bill has recently been presented to the House of Parliament, seeking to revise certain [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone looks set to add value to cocoa for export

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: The Executive Chairman of the Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Board (SLPMB), Dr. James Vibbi last Friday, 1st March 2019, met with the Ambassador of Brazil to Sierra Leone, Mr. Kaiser Araujo at his Brazil Embassy Office in Aberdeen, Freetown, to exchange ideas and explore [Read More]

Politics & Law

APC leadership in hot water as party faces possible meltdown

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Since losing the March 2018 elections, there have been incessant calls for the country’s opposition APC party to reform or face indefinite stay on the opposition benches, if not extinction. And recently, the party’s parliamentary leaders have come under fierce attack by sections of [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio delivers a powerful speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

March 8, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2019: Yesterday, Thursday 7th March 2019, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone was at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Massachusetts, Boston, USA, where he delivered a powerful keynote speech about his vision for Sierra Leone’s development. His address, titled – ‘Toward a [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone makes big tourism push to improve economy

March 8, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2019: As Sierra Leone honours the work of Dr. Jane Goodall (DBE, anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace), the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, during her three-day visit to the country last week, there are major changes being made by the government to seriously position [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio receives big welcome in Massachusetts

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 22

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: President Julius Maada Bio was today welcomed in Boston by the State Representative – Shawn C Dooley of the House of Representatives of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he was praised for his impressive leadership in transforming Sierra Leone. The State Representative congratulated president [Read More]

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