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Politics & Law

Why is Sierra Leone’s development formula not working?

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Alimamy Turay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Sierra Leone is the roundest country in the world – as discovered by the Argentinian Mathematician, Gonzalo Ciruelos. This small and compact country is endowed with abundant natural resources, a relatively large fertile land for agricultural activities, and an aspiring population of [Read More]

Education and Health

More must be done for children suffering mental health problems in Sierra Leone

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Kona Seibure is the founder and CEO of Advocacy for Mental Health and Human Rights (AMHHR) –  a rights based grassroots mental health advocacy charity, dedicated to improving the lives of young people and persons living with mental health problems in Sierra Leone. Responding [Read More]

Politics & Law

Dr Samura Kamara – life after politics

August 23, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2018: Since the last election which brought the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to power, much has been heard of political manoeuvrings on both sides of the aisles. The news wave has been occupied with some senior members of the present government [Read More]

Education and Health

Education is an investment for human and economic development – says president Bio

August 20, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2018: After just five months of being elected president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio has today transformed his flagship manifesto pledge into reality. He has launched his ‘Free Quality School Education Programme (FQSEP)’. The programme will benefit over 1.5 million children across the country, [Read More]

Obituary

ADB mourns the death of Kofi Annan

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: The African Development Bank (ADB) yesterday learned with deep sadness, the news of the death of Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Noble Peace Prize Laureate, at the age of 80 in Bern, Switzerland. “With Mr. Kofi Annan’s passing, [Read More]

Economy & Business

NRA raised fifty-one billion Leones in two days – says Dr. Jibao

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Emmanuel I. Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: The newly appointed Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Dr. Samuel Jibao last Thursday, 16th August 2018, told reporters that under his administration as Commissioner General, NRA raises an average of fifty-one billion Leones in taxes every two days. [Read More]

Election Watch

Sierra Leone launches free school education

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2018: Over 1.5 million school children are expected to benefit from the free quality school education initiative which starts at the school year in September. This flagship initiative which will be launched at the Miata Conference Hall in Freetown today, Monday, 20th August, is part [Read More]

Politics & Law

Things have gone full circle and SLPP is now in power

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed and are right.” H.L.Mencken Those who went to village schools are familiar with the usual complaint [Read More]

Economy & Business

African Development Bank and Canada committed to African women empowerment

August 19, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2018: On her first visit to the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, Canada’s Minister of International Development – Marie-Claude Bibeau and the President of the African Development Bank – Akinwumi Adesina, shared a common vision and commitment to the advancement of women and girls [Read More]

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