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Obituary

SLPP female veteran Hadja Daramy dies in Freetown

August 21, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2019: The death is reported of Hadja Hawa Khadar Daramy, the wife of the late Honourable Dr Sheikh Batu Daramy, who was the first Financial Secretary of Sierra Leone and a Member of Parliament representing the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP). She passed away in [Read More]

Politics & Law

A legacy of youth empowerment in Sierra Leone

August 21, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2019: It is not often that a 33-year-old is made a minister in Africa. Mohammed Orman Bangura is gaining popularity in Sierra Leone for substantive work and for his style. Reporting for Africa Renewal, Osman Benk Sankoh says that the youth affairs minister, is determined [Read More]

Politics & Law

APC condemns the “unjust and indiscriminate” arrest of its members

August 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2019: Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Party is today condemning the arrest and incarceration of its members and supporters by the police. Writing in a public statement published yesterday, the party’s National Secretary General – Alhaji Dr Osman Foday Yansaneh refers to [Read More]

Education and Health

Floods and mudslides in Sierra Leone – How did we get to this and who is to blame?

August 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Cyril Barnes: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2019: Let me start by expressing my deepest condolence to families who have lost their loved ones in torrential rainfall since 2016. May their souls rest in eternal peace. The world has been such a beautiful place since creation. What has gone worng? [Read More]

Economy & Business

IMF representative in Sierra Leone says goodbye to the country

August 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2019: The outgoing Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Sierra Leone – Dr Iyabo Masha, was in State House in Freetown yesterday, Monday 19 August 2019, to say goodbye to president Julius Maada Bio, marking the end of her tenure in Sierra [Read More]

Politics & Law

What is it about “Saturday police?”

August 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

PUAWUI DR SAMA BANYA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2019: Readers must forgive me for opening today’s column by acknowledging the compliment paid to me last Friday by no less a person than my nephew, who has become a legendary columnist not simply in his own right, but among the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Another opposition politician – former Freetown Mayor arrested

August 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 16

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2019: There are reports tonight of the arrest in Freetown of another opposition APC strongman – the former Mayor of Freetown, who is also the Acting Chairman of the APC Western Area Committee – Mr Herbert George Williams. His arrest by Sierra Leone police today [Read More]

Politics & Law

Government invokes joint military and police operation to curb crime

August 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2019: The government of president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, last week invoked a joint operation of both military and police officers to patrol the streets and areas that are notorious for serious crimes across the country. This joint operation, known as the Military [Read More]

Economy & Business

Guma gives notice to households in areas along water transmission lines

August 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2019: Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) – the agency responsible for supplying water across sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown, has issued a warning to residents whose houses are built in the vicinity of its water transmission lines, where major rehabilitation work will soon take place, [Read More]

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