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Month: January 2021

Economy & Business

Kingho and Sierra Leone government sign railway and port lease agreement

January 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: Yesterday, the management of Kingho Investment Company Limited signed a lease agreement with officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone for the use of railway and port facilities that will ensure the company’s subsidiary – Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited [Read More]

Politics & Law

A to-do-list for the government and people of Sierra Leone in 2021

January 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Dr Babatunde Ahonsi (UN Rep in Sierra Leone): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: As we put a very challenging 2020 behind us, Sierra Leone like the rest of the world must seek to build forward better from the devastating socioeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent a major [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio attends Ghana’s President’s swearing-in ceremony

January 9, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: Last Thursday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio joined colleagues Heads of states at the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana Nana Dankwa Addo Akufo-Addo. Taking his oath of office, President Akufo-Addo said: “I further solemnly swear that should I at [Read More]

Politics & Law

Storming of the United States Capitol

January 8, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Ambassador Maria Brewer: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2021: The United States Congress has completed its Constitutionally mandated count of the Electoral College vote and affirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris.  They will be sworn into office and a peaceful transfer of power that [Read More]

Politics & Law

Was the attack on the Capitol a rally, protest or insurrection?

January 8, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

April Simpson: Center for Public Integrity: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2021: “Not since the War of 1812 has our Capitol seen a mass breach by armed combatants. We only begin to scratch the surface this week of understanding how a mob of white supremacists, waving Confederate flags and incited [Read More]

Politics & Law

News Update – Auditor General responds to critics

January 8, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2021: Questions are today being asked about the credibility of evidence presented by Sierra Leone’s Covid Response body – NaCOVERC to the country’s auditor’s, whose 2019 Report found massive evidence of misappropriation of public funds. Many are also questioning the validity of the [Read More]

Obituary

Alhaji Mohamed Sallieu Thomas of Aberdeen has died aged 100

January 7, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 January 2021: The sad death is reported today – Thursday 7th of January 2021, of Alhaji Mohamed Sallieu Thomas – fondly known to many as Pa Salu of Aberdeen, Freetown aged 100. Alhaji Sallieu celebrated his 100th birthday in Aberdeen last October 2020. He was the [Read More]

Politics & Law

ACC recovers 220 million Leones for inflated costing of 47 laptops meant for covid response

January 7, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

ACC Publicity Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 January 2021: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) hereby informs the general public that in addition to the identification and recovery of all 47 Laptops that were stated to be missing in the COVID-19 Audit Report 2020, it has also received the sum of Le [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone records alarming rise in covid cases as Chief Minister Francis flouts safety rules

January 6, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 January 2021: In the last two days – Monday and yesterday Tuesday, Sierra Leone recorded over 56 new cases amid fears of an exponential rise in the transmission of the covid-19 virus, as the country’s Chief Minister – Dr David Francis (Photo above) and other senior [Read More]

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