Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2024: The World Bank yesterday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender equality across various sectors in the country. This initiative the Bank says is aligned with its Sierra Leone Country Partnership [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 October 2024: “One day, in the operating theatre, there was a power cut́ in the middle of a laparotomy [opening of the abdomen] for a case of pelvic peritonitis. We had to finish the operation using a torch. It was very hard.” Dr Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 October 2024: The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) announced yesterday, what it described as a “decrease” in fuel prices for petrol, diesel, kerosene, and fuel oil. However, despite these claims, many Sierra Leoneans remain unconvinced, arguing that the so-called price cuts have failed to [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: My heart bleeds as I reflect on the current state of affairs regarding the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) funds, and I am deeply troubled by the discrepancies that surround it. The government’s handling of this issue is beyond reprehensible, raising the [Read More]
Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: As the world prepares to celebrate World Food Day (WFD), Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka and senior officials of his ministry departed Freetown for the provinces on Monday 30th September 2023 on a nationwide [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: In light of the recent award of $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant funding to the government of Sierra Leone, the country’s former Attorney General and Head of Anti-Corruption Commission – Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, widely known as JFK, has emerged [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: In a significant move towards greater youth participation and empowerment, the African Union (AU) adopted a decision to institutionalize the Office of the Chairperson’s Special Envoy on Youth. The decision was adopted during the 45th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council convened on the 18th- 19th July 2024 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 October 2024: President Julius Maada Bio has hailed the signing of the USD $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Energy Compact as a “significant milestone” for Sierra Leone, committing to the successful implementation of this historic investment aimed at overhauling the country’s energy sector. The signing [Read More]
Fayia J. Moseray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 October 2024: Almost a year after the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Act was passed into law in Sierra Leone, questions are being asked about its impact on the country’s political landscape -during and after the June 24, 2023, national elections. Sierra [Read More]
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