Economy & Business

World Bank approves $41 million to set up land administration system in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2022: The World Bank on Thursday approved a $41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant “to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration system in Sierra Leone.” The project, it says, will help strengthen the country’s legal and institutional framework in the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Provisional results of Sierra Leone’s 2021 Mid-Term Census: Rebuilding trust will be difficult

Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2022: The provisional results of the 2021 Mid-Term census recently released by Statistics-Sierra Leone have raised eyebrows among Sierra Leoneans. According to the results summary our population has increased by only 449,528-–from 7,092,113 to 7,541,641 between 2015 and 2021. (Photo above: Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s population grew by almost 450, 000 to 7,541,641 but doubts remain as to the credibility of the figures

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2022: Sierra Leone’s Chief Census Officer yesterday announced what he described as provisional results for the country’s 2021 Census that was conducted last year. The Chief Census Officer, who doubles as the Statistician-General of Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) – Professor Osman Sankoh said that Statistics [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio calls on African leaders to urgently address the underlying causes of unconstitutional change of government

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2022: President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio who also is the Chairman of the African Peer Review and Monitoring (APRM) Forum, addressed his fellow African Union Heads of State and Government  last week at the AU extraordinary summit on terrorism and unconstitutional changes [Read More]