Mariama Dumbuya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2018: It was while I was attending the funeral service of the late Madam Abator Davidson at Christ Church during that I thought of writing this piece. She was a dedicated Sierra Leonean woman who spent her life, advocating and campaigning for equality [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2018: GAA Exhibitions & Conferences (www.GAAexhibitions.com)and ATIGS Group (www.ATIGSgroup.com) today announced the lineup of global executives and business leaders that will address participants at the Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit 2018, June 24-26, at the World Trade Center – Ronald Reagan Building. Speakers include executives from U.S., UAE, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2018: The African continent needs to work together on a country and regional level to put in place and, more crucially, implement a sustainable maritime governance system that will benefit the whole continent, concluded delegates at the first Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF). The launch [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2018: Momoh Konte, the outgoing chairman of Sierra Leone’s regulatory body for the telecommunications sector – NATCOM, has presented a detailed report on the state of the country’s telecommunications sector before leaving office. His handing over document, which he presented this week to his newly [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2018: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) Dr. Alie Sanjan Kabba, has disclosed that President Julius Maada Bio will soon be heading for a UN meeting in New York. President Bio will attend as Head of State and leader of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2018: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is running a $400,000 project in Sierra Leone to help train 150 youths (120 women and 30 men) in eight slum communities around the capital Freetown, on waste recycling. UNDP says that the project is aimed at empowering [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2018: Sierra Leone’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice – Charles Margai has today been sacked by president Bio, after serving less than two months in the job. It is not clear what prompted his sacking. But sources close to the president, told the Sierra [Read More]
Franck Kuwonu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 June 2018: Thanks to a unique fellowship at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as an Ibrahim Leadership Fellow, Marian Yinusa is making an impact in the lives of school-age girls in her birthplace of northern Nigeria. Currently a senior financial economist [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 June 2018: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and executive director of UN Women, recently began a second term in office. In her first term, she drew attention to women’s issues globally, getting some countries to change gender discrimination laws. In this interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley [Read More]
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