Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 November 2021: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone signed the Global Pledge on Media Freedom – described by State House report “as a commitment by his government to improve media freedom domestically and working together internationally with the Media Freedom Coalition.” “My government [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2021: Rugby Africa will kick off the qualifying process for the Sevens Rugby World Cup and Commonwealth Games at the Paa Joe Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana on November 27-28, 2021. The first in a series of four qualifying tournaments, the Regional Sevens West will feature [Read More]
Invest Salone: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2021: On the final day (Thursday, 11 November 2021) of the recent COP26 climate summit, Sierra Leone’s banking sector came together at a roundtable in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to agree a coordinated approach towards mainstreaming environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in their [Read More]
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]
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