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Editorial

An open letter to the leaders of the Sierra Leone opposition SLPP

July 19, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Yankuba G Kai-Samba Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2016 Fellow members of the GOP – the SLPP I have made my opposition to the re-election of Julius Bio as our party’s flagbearer abundantly clear, as far possible as I can. I believe Bio is bad for SLPP unity, progress and [Read More]

Editorial

“President Koroma is an African Voice at the Global Stage” 

July 19, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2016 When president Koroma of Sierra Leone took office in 2007, there was huge national expectation for change and progress towards economic prosperity, as well as an end to impunity and corruption. Nine years on, his performance report card, based simply on the promises he [Read More]

News in Perspective

Sierra Leone presidential hopeful Alie Kabba is one step forward to achieving justice

July 18, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 20

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 July 2016 The Sierra Leone Telegraph was today informed by a reliable source in Freetown, that after more than six months of being robbed of his civil liberty by the Koroma government, presidential aspirant Alie Kabba has been handed his American passport, seized by the authorities [Read More]

News in Perspective

Sub-Sahara African countries like Sierra Leone have a long way to go before they crack food insecurity

July 17, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2016 Last week, Sierra Leone’s minister of agriculture – professor Monty Jones, told local media in the capital Freetown, that he is optimistic that Sierra Leone is on course to achieving food security before the end of president Koroma’s end of term in office in [Read More]

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News in Perspective

What’s needed to take African countries like Sierra Leone from Third to First World in 25 years

July 14, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2016 Since the turn of this Century, the debate, aspiration and expectation of many in very poor African countries like Sierra Leone, is to become a middle income country by 2025. With daily income per capita of about $1.50 and high illiteracy, most countries on [Read More]

News in Perspective

Sierra Leone respects the right of consenting adults to choose – says minister Blyden

July 11, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2016 Since her appointment as minister of social welfare, gender and children’s affairs early this year, there have been immense debate and speculation as to how Dr Sylvia Blyden would handle the controversial issue of female circumcision. Would she be swayed by the vociferous campaign [Read More]

Obituary

Today the world remembers Sierra Leone’s king of pop Bunny Mack

July 11, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2016 Twelve months ago, people around the world said goodbye to one of Africa’s greatest musicians – Bunny Mack, whose music continues to rock dance floors and serenade the airwaves. Bunny Mack passed away after a short illness in London on Saturday, 11th July, 2015. [Read More]

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Sierra Leone – Let us collectively change the script

July 11, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2016 You know something? It appears that we are in for a ride again, as the clock ticks towards the next election. Why? Because, too many of us are smirking when we should be raging. We are behaving like a cat with [Read More]

In Focus

Sierra Leone presidential hopeful – Yumkella in China for high level talks

July 10, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

N’Karimu Kamara Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2016 Following his recent engagement with US Law makers, Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP)’s presidential flag-bearer aspirant – Kandeh Yumkella, departed for Beijing, China, for a high-level meeting on the South-South Cooperation Taskforce. The two-day event which brought together a large number of [Read More]

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