Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2023: In a significant development in Freetown this week, Festus Kallay – the Chief Administrator of the Freetown City Council (FCC), has been relocated to the Western Area Rural District Council. Rahman Tom Farma, formerly the Chief Administrator of the Western Area Rural [Read More]
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2023: Lacking transparency and accountability, the SLPP Government is not informing the public about the seriousness of the financial shortfalls it is facing that have made the payment of monthly salaries and wages of public sector workers and fulfilling financial commitments to utility [Read More]
Finbarr Toesland: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2023: Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals last year, proof that the continent cultivates world-class talent. Morocco’s remarkable success in 2022 stretched beyond just the men’s national team. Unlike the European football clubs and leagues that currently [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2023: Nigeria has introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls. This is the largest number in a single round of HPV vaccination in the African region in a vaccination drive against the virus that causes [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2023: A global survey commissioned by non-profit Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, in partnership with Accenture was published last week. It identifies predominant issues of concern to citizens across the world. The survey, known as the FII PRIORITY Compass, is an annual research exercise which [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2023: Last Thursday, October 26, 2023, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new partnership with the government of Sierra Leone to support citizen participation and public access to information in Sierra Leone. The Building Accountability Systems through [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2023: Sierra Leone’s economy is projected to grow at 3.7 percent on average during 2023–25, below its long-term trend, says a new World Bank Report, published in Freetown last Friday. According to the report, this lower than previously expected growth is “predicated on sound domestic [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2023: Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud. We’re truly moving to an era where a lot of Political-Fiction, will become Political-Fact in the not-too-distant future which would transgress laws, precipitating the intervention of an external squad that would seek to neutralize our [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2023: Elected APC mayors and local ward councillors have commenced taking their oath of office to mark their official return to governance in Sierra Leone, after a three-month boycott, following the announcement of the June 24, 2023 elections which the main opposition APC says were [Read More]
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