Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2020: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will deliver the opening remarks at the Leaders Forum which starts tomorrow Tuesday, 23rd June 2020. The four-day event is hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) – the leading U.S. business association focused solely on connecting business [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2020: Recalling a major security incident that took place on Friday, 12th October 2012 – a month before elections were held in Sierra Leone, right in the heart of the business district of Freetown, involving the heavily armed motorcade of president Ernest Bai Koroma and [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2020: The Government of Sierra Leone has gazetted an Independent Media Commission Act 2020 that seeks to eliminate fair competition in the media landscape and consequently silenced independent journalists in the Print Media. The Independent Media Commission Act 2020 contains onerous provisions that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2020: Following her announcement last week of a new local council rating system for the capital Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has failed to win the political backing and support of the Bio-led government. After much pressure from sections of the population in Freetown, as well [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2020: Living in the UK, I have asked for the rate increase for our property in Freetown to be forwarded to me, so I can see what the increase is, as I have heard a lot of complaints about the impact on pensioners [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2020: The central allegation by the State against Major Alfred Palo Conteh is that he committed treason when he entered a public place – State House on 19th March 2020, with a gun, allegedly intended to kill the president at a meeting. Alfred Palo Conteh [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s justice system is fast becoming a circus where those in power show off their ability and capacity to wield and abuse their office with impunity, simply to settle old political scores. This is nothing new. Previous governments did the same to some [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: Across Africa and in partnership with NGOs, Coca-Cola in Africa, and its bottling partners (the “Coca-Cola System”) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), have been deploying a range of resources, including capabilities, funds and products to support governments, communities and local economies in their urgent [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education must be commended for its most recent Annual school census report, which is considerably more revealing than in previous years. The SLPP government initiated its flagship Free Quality School Education (FQSE) programme in September, 2018. [Read More]
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