May 2024 – The Sierra Leone Telegraph

ECOWAS and TradeMark Africa partner to boost trade efficiency and economic Prosperity

May 31, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and TradeMark Africa (TMA) (www.TradeMarkAfrica.com) today inked a strategic collaboration geared towards improving trade facilitation, opening transportation corridors, and promoting economic integration within West Africa. The collaborative agreement aims to enhance the use of digital technologies [Read More]

African nations urged to attract private sector collaboration to finance tertiary education

May 31, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: Experts attending an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) High-level dialogue in Kenya have urged African nations to intensify efforts to attract private-sector financing to enhance tertiary education and equip the continent’s youth with competitive skills. During a panel discussion at the Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings [Read More]

Is Sierra Leone’s elections tripartite committee a conspiracy?

May 31, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Elongima Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: When the American ambassador said on national television recently that the people of Sierra Leone should not be expecting a rerun of the 2023 elections because nothing in the Peace Agreement calls for it, and that in fact, there is no money [Read More]

In opposition President Bio vowed not to accept rigged election – why should the APC now in opposition accept?

May 29, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (What A Man!): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2024: It is now blazingly clear that the adamant and deliberate refusal by the National Returning Officer, Mr. Mohamed Konneh, and the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to publish and gazette the June 2023 multi-tier election results is [Read More]

Maada Bio must understand the lessons of history

May 29, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2024: President Maada Bio chose the wrong time to threaten Sierra Leoneans with bullets and if you ever find yourself endorsing his perilous gambit, you must see a doctor – your mind is shrinking like your hero and, like him, you need to [Read More]

Belgium bans exports of dangerous cancer causing “dirty fuels” to West Africa

May 26, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2024: The Port of Antwerp will no longer be used by oil companies and traders to export so-called dirty fuels to West Africa. The Belgium government banned the export of toxic motor fuels that are highly harmful to public health and the environment. Belgium’s Minister [Read More]

African education ministers to scale up education partnerships

May 25, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Siera Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2024: The Global Schools Forum—alongside the IDP Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, and Vitol Foundation—hosted a side event this week (21 May, 2024) where a number of African education ministers committed to investing more time, money, and energy into working with non-state actors in education to achieve [Read More]

The African Development Bank’s desert to power initiative

May 25, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2024: The African Development Bank is the driving force behind one of the world’s most ambitious energy projects: the Desert to Power initiative aims to bring energy to one of the least developed and most marginal parts of the continent. This transformative and bold effort [Read More]

President Bio squanders another opportunity to promote cohesion and peace in Sierra Leone

May 25, 2024 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Alpha Amadu Jalloh – The Fox: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2024: President Julius Maada Bio recently convened a cabinet retreat in the City of Bo, a significant move aimed at addressing the multifaceted challenges facing Sierra Leone. Many Sierra Leoneans, including myself, awaited this retreat with cautious optimism, hoping [Read More]

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