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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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Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Czar indicts former ambassador and others for passport corruption

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone is saying no to corruption. Yesterday, the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission reported that Ambassador Alie Ibrahim Kanu, who was also the former Chairman of the country’s Independent Media Commission and former Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, has been charged to court for [Read More]

Economy & Business

Three thousand ghost workers are to be taken off government payroll

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Over three thousand public sector workers have refused to register with the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) which is responsible for verifying and registering all legitimately employed staff that are on the government’s payroll. Yesterday the NCRA issued a strong warning calling on those [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone brings in second power ship to provide electricity for millions of people

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s electricity problem needs fixing fast, using sustainable approaches such as the use of renewables, solar, hydro, wind and conversation of decades of landfill rubbish into energy, to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country. With less than 20% of homes [Read More]

Economy & Business

Vice president Juldeh Jalloh promises changes to boost Sierra Leone economy

March 6, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s vice president Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has announced major changes which the Bio led government will soon be implementing to boost tourism and other key sectors of the economy. Visiting Njala University last week, the vice president spoke about the government’s intention to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Did president Bio and opposition leaders shake hands with clenched fists?

March 6, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2019: The recent political manoeuvre by president Julius Maada Bio has been hailed by many – not least his supporters, but lambasted in varying degrees by critics using politically tainted optical prisms for obvious reasons. Last week, president Bio invited all leaders of [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio visiting Harvard University

March 4, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2019: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone will visit Harvard and MIT – leading global institutions of higher learning, research and innovation, in Boston, USA on Thursday, 7th March 2019, to build research and innovation partnership with Sierra Leone. The president will engage with [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio meets leaders of opposition parties – peace at last?

March 2, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Political dust is yet to settle in Sierra Leone, after the electoral victory of Julius Maada Bio’s SLPP party which ended the incumbent APC party’s ten year hold on power. Many political commentators say that the defeated APC is finding it very hard to [Read More]

Politics & Law

State of emergency on rape – State House listens to social care agencies’ concerns 

March 2, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Amid controversies surrounding the declaration of a state of emergency on rape and sexual violence in Sierra Leone by president Julius Maada Bio, and the opposition political parties’ continuing reluctance to support the government’s unilateral declaration, president Bio may well decide to soften his [Read More]

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