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Politics & Law

HRCSL publishes report on allegations of maltreatment of quarantined diasporans at Lungi

March 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2020: Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) has today published its findings on investigations it carried out at the  Lungi international airport hotel quarantine centre, where it is alleged that Sierra Leoneans arriving at the airport a few days ago from abroad were maltreated and [Read More]

Economy & Business

Counting the costs – SLPP’s Corona vs APC’s Ebola

March 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2020: Hold your horses and spare me a second to explain! This is not an SLPP vs APC thing. Obviously APC did not cause Ebola neither did SLPP Corona. Both scourges merely happened under their watch. The prayer of all Sierra Leoneans is [Read More]

Education and Health

Sierra Leone has only one ventilator to treat coronavirus patients

March 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Dr. Asad Naveed: Sierra Leone telegraph: 19 March 2020: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to wreak havoc around the globe. Africa was initially thought to be a safe zone for the disease, but now has 14 countries infected. Even though Sierra Leone is yet to detect a COVID-19 case, the [Read More]

Education and Health

Government must put human rights at the centre of its fight against coronavirus

March 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2020: The Campaign For Human Rights and Development International, (CHRDI) has been following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizen’s lives with keen interest. Country to country, large public gatherings and major events have been cancelled. Employees have been told to work from [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio’s state of the nation address on the coronavirus

March 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2020: Fellow citizens, Sierra Leone is threatened by the global Corona virus pandemic. It is a public health emergency of global concern. It is a deadly virus that has infected hundreds of thousands of people all over the world from China and the far east [Read More]

Politics & Law

Coronavirus – President Bio will address the people of Sierra Leone tonight

March 18, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 March 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone will tonight address the nation, amid fears of an impending outbreak of the coronavirus in the country as both Liberia and Guinea put measures in place to curtail the spread of the virus. Both countries now have [Read More]

Politics & Law

Coronavirus – Sierra Leone locks its doors on its own citizens returning home from abroad

March 18, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 March 2020: As the saying goes – “desperate situation calls for desperate measures”. That is the message from the government of Sierra Leone and from many living in the country, in response to Sierra Leoneans living and working abroad who are now being held in a [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio consults former Ebola Response Team members on coronavirus preparations

March 17, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March, 2020: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio had discussions at State House with the former members of the National Ebola Response Programme, as part of his government’s preparedness for the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Sierra Leone, unlike her neighbouring West African [Read More]

Politics & Law

Has president Maada Bio finally arrived to show the way?

March 17, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2020: The presidency of Maada Bio has been accused of many things and everything. But despite these, one can see a lot of snippets that may belie some of these accusations. There is no doubt that most of our normal lives in Sierra [Read More]

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