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Economy & Business

Motorists queue up for petrol as Sierra Leone is hit by fuel shortage

November 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2019: Petrol stations across many towns and cities in Sierra Leone are today closed, due to shortage in supply of fuel products, such as petrol, diesel and kerosene, causing long traffic queues at filling stations. Whilst the cause of the shortage is not clear, the [Read More]

Economy & Business

Mano River Union adopts Freetown Declaration on Renewable Energy and Clean Cooking

November 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2019: The first high-level multi-stakeholder conference on renewable energy and clean cooking held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, ended yesterday with all four countries – Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast as well as stakeholders, signing a declaration aimed at improving access to renewable energy [Read More]

Politics & Law

Let professor David Francis carry his own cross

November 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2019: The reactions from within and outside the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to the alleged wiring of $1.5 million by SL Mining into a local bank account being allegedly operated by the Chief Minister, Professor David Francis, has shown [Read More]

Economy & Business

Vice president Jalloh discusses Sierra Leone’s MCC Compact funding readiness

November 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2019: Vice President Juldeh Jalloh of Sierra Leone is in Washington, USA, where he is discussing Sierra Leone’s Compact readiness with senior executives of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The vice president is meeting the MCC to discuss the achievements that have been made with [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio of Sierra Leone visits Orange laboratory in Paris

November 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2019: Last Wednesday, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone visited tech giant Orange Laboratory in Paris. The President made this visit as part of his drive to promote foreign investment in Sierra Leone. He was received by the senior global management of Orange, including [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s Integrated GIS portal wins $773,000 Gates Foundation grant

November 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2019: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $773,476 grant to Sierra Leone’s Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), to continue the development of a national Integrated GIS Portal that will collect and model data to inform real-time government and development partners’ [Read More]

Politics & Law

Those who fight against corruption should be clean themselves

November 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2019:. The recent corruption scandal involving Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister Professor David Francis and journalist Sallieu Tejan Jalloh remains leeringly unresolved in the background. President Maada Bio has made the fight against corruption a major signature of his government. There is no need [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone to host regional conference on renewable energy and clean cooking

November 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2019: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy – Alhaji Kanja Sesay, and Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella – Member of Parliament representing Constituency 062 – who is also the Founder and Chairman of The Energy Nexus Network (TENN), have announced that Sierra Leone will host the first [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s tourism potential boosted by an international documentary film

November 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Mohamed Faray Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2019: It is not often that documentary films about destinations are done. So when one is done with professionalism, it needs to be shown to the whole world not least the travel industry. It was a sight-to-behold at the Vue Cinema in [Read More]

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