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Wherever there is change and uncertainty there is opportunity

January 2, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 January 2021 As we usher in the New Year and hurriedly see the back of 2020, it will be remembered for anything but the Pandemic. Covid-19, as part of our daily lives is beginning to feel like forever. The ravages of this pandemic has [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio’s New Year’s address to the nation – ‘2021 will be better’

January 1, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 January 2021: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has delivered his 2021 New Year’s address to the nation. Wishing the seven million people of Sierra Leone a happy New Year, after much criticism of abuse of power and human rights, stifling of democracy and poor [Read More]

Education and Health

Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine gives hope to millions of Africans

December 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Dr F Thomas: Sierra Leone Telegraph 30 December 2020 Today’s announcement by the UK government that it has approved the Oxford – AstraZeneca vaccine, has brought hope to millions in Africa, who had felt disappointed at the logistical nightmare of transporting and storing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on the continent for [Read More]

Politics & Law

ACC hands over 8 billion Leones cheque to president Bio

December 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

ACC Public Relations Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it has presented to His Excellency, President Brig. (Rtd.) Dr. Julius Maada Bio, a cheque of EIGHT BILLION LEONES (Le 8BN) as part of a total of TWENTY-SIX BILLION [Read More]

Economy & Business

Human organ trafficking on the rise as demand outstrips supply

December 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2020: The black market for human body parts is booming in the Middle East. A kidney now costs 262,000 dollars (131 million CFA francs); the heart costs 119,000 dollars (60 million CFA francs) and the liver costs 157,000 dollars (79 million CFA francs). Beware of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Multi-party local government councils are vital for Sierra Leone’s democracy – Op-ed

December 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 19

Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2020: Before proceeding with the main point of this article, let me briefly state that only an inane thinker will not easily recognise why the SLPP and President Bio are obsessed with bringing down Sylvia Blyden in this country. Who [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s 2015-2018 Auditor General Reports – What has the ACC achieved so far?

December 29, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

ACC Public Relations Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in this 6th media release, wishes to update the general public of the actions and steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in Audit Reports of Sierra Leone, 2015-2018. These interventions focused on aspects [Read More]

Politics & Law

Your ID card is not just for collecting cash from Western Union

December 29, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2020: A video clip has been making the rounds on social media, in which Mr Sinneh Kamara, Head of Burial Team, Ministry of Health and Sanitation depicts a very sorry state in our country. Watching the clip, there is a temptation to heap [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio speaks to the media at a State House cocktail for journalists

December 26, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 December 2020: On 18 December 2020, as has become customary for a sitting president of Sierra Leone, president Bio spoke to the country’s journalists at a special end of year cocktail dinner hosted at State House. This annual event in the country’s media calendar, is usually [Read More]

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