Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2017: The economy of Sierra Leone is now going through its toughest phase, since the end of the Ebola epidemic. (Photo above: President Koroma). The government has run out of cash – donor funds have declined massively, inflation is rising out of control, unemployment remains [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2017 In a few months Kenyan voters will have the chance to make choices that could change the political landscape. Historically voters have tended to sacrifice this right at the altar of tribe, money or personality. But, writes Yvonne Rowa Woods, Kenyans can turn their [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2017 After ten years of holding on to power, president Koroma will today reflect on all his failed promises as he prepares to leave office next year. He will be expected to look back at his poor performance and prioritisation of the real and desperate [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2017 The people of Sierra Leone are today marking 56 years of independence from Britain. But with economic hardship and massive unemployment – estimated at over 70% of the economically active population, this year’s celebration is a quiet affair and its filled with despondency. After [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2017 The term “middle class” is bandied about to back up the claim that Africans are increasingly moving out of poverty and getting wealthier. But, writes Henning Melber, these claims are meaningless given that very little analytical rigour is applied to the definition of what constitutes [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2017 The Ebola outbreak in parts of West Africa two years ago had a devastating effect on many countries. In Sierra Leone it led to the collapse of its entire health system. Eric Osoro, writing for theconversation.com explains how, with health facilities closed, communities were pushed [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 April 2017 The World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings that began two days ago, have ended today, 23rd April 2017, with little good news about the economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. After almost a decade of slow and sometimes stagnated growth, most African countries will see [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2017 A nation that cannot manage its resources effectively is doomed to poverty and under-development. Sierra Leone is abundantly rich in natural resources, yet classed as one of the poorest nations in the world. Successive governments of Sierra Leone have failed to fulfill their contract [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 April 2017 There was pandemonium outside a local police station in the east of Freetown this week when armed soldiers got off a military truck and stormed Ross Road police station, apparently to free a senior military officer who had been arrested and was being held [Read More]
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