Abdulai Mansaray: 22 November 2021: Defining a constitution can be difficult, but for the purpose of this article, let’s say “a constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or organization is acknowledged to be governed”. Constitutions can be Written, unwritten, Unitary, Federal [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2021: There have been an alarming rise in the number of properties going up in smoke in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown in the last few months, with the most disastrous Wellington fuel tanker explosion which took the lives of over one hundred people and many [Read More]
WHO: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2021: Fifteen African countries—nearly a third of the continent’s 54 nations—have fully vaccinated 10% of their people against COVID-19. The global goal of fully vaccinating 10% of every country’s population by 30 September was set in May by the World Health Assembly, the world’s [Read More]
Ayokanmi Oyeyemi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2021: Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Tuesday in a new report highlighting this untapped potential. The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for [Read More]
UNECA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2021: The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their partnership and collaboration to accelerate the achievement of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Sustainable Development [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2021: The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a service of Christian worship celebrating the birth of Jesus that is traditionally followed at Christmas. The Christmas story is told in nine short Bible readings, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols, hymns [Read More]
Isata Kabia: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2021: Silent, polite and obedient women can’t change the world for the better. So why are these the norms young girls everywhere are taught to follow? (Photo above: Isata Kabia). At the end of October, I attended the Amujae Leadership Forum – a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2021: One of Sierra Leone’s most senior female lawyers – Basita Michael, who is also a former President of the country’s Bar Association, has tendered her resignation from the government’s Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC), in response to what she refers to as the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2021: President Julius Maada Bio was yesterday heckled and humiliated by hundreds of school children in Kono, where the president was delivering a speech about the progress he says his government is making across the country, including his Free Quality Education programme. President Bio could [Read More]
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