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Obituary

Sierra Leone’s former minister of education Minkailu Bah has died

May 18, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2020: Dr. Minkailu Bah, who served as minister of education, science and technology in the APC government led by Ernest Bai Koroma,  passed away at his home in Magburaka, Tonkolili district in the early hours of this morning. Dr Bah also served as National Advisory [Read More]

Education and Health

Forty-three new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Sierra Leone today

May 17, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2020: Sierra Leone has today recorded one of its highest daily numbers of cases of COVID-19. According to the ministry of health, 43 people were confirmed positive in the last twenty-four hours, bringing the cumulative total number of cases to 505. The total number of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Parliament approves SLPP chairman Dr. Harding and nine others for high office 

May 17, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2020: Parliament of Sierra Leone last Thursday approved several appointees nominated by president Bio for high office in the public sector, including his ruling SLPP party chairman – Dr Prince Harding, who will take over as Chairman of the National Commission for Privatization. While many [Read More]

Education and Health

Sierra Leone registers the highest covid-19 death rate in the mano river region

May 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Mohamed A. Jalloh: 16 May 2020: The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone on 31 March 2020, and the source of the outbreak has been linked to a wet market in Wuhan (Hubei province, China). The Mano River Union Countries registered their first corona Index on 11 March [Read More]

Economy & Business

Anti-Corruption Commission indicts former head of procurement on corruption offences

May 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2020: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), last Wednesday, filed indictment charges against Sahr Kemokai, former Head of Procurement at the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA), on nine counts of corruption offences. He was charged to court on three counts of abuse of office, contrary to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s new internal affairs minister Panda-Noah takes oath of office 

May 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2020: David Maurice Panda-Noah, Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, yesterday took his oath of office in the presence of President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in accordance with Section 57 (Act No. 6) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. [Read More]

Education and Health

In Africa schools are closed but learning goes on

May 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Franck Kuwonu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2020: As students in Kenya were waiting for the government to announce when schools would re-open from a longer than usual April school holidays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were asked to stay home for an additional four-week period. The situation is [Read More]

Politics & Law

Adebayor hunted for alleged incitment of violence in Sierra Leone

May 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 25

Bob Massally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2020: How low a depth of despair and despondency the SLPP/APC rivalry has sunk is clearly illustrated by a video that has gone viral on Facebook, depicting two Sierra Leoneans, apparently on a manhunt in the streets of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, for the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Should Sierra Leoneans be pawns on the SLPP-APC political chessboard? – A Rejoinder

May 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

James Juana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2020: I don’t like responding to comments on forum. The moment a comment is made, whether you are saying the right thing or not, some readers look at it from a tribal or political point of view. We are taking ourselves back to [Read More]

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