Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2016 Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNIDO Director-General – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, left the shores of Freetown yesterday, Sunday, 8 May, to take part in a series of regional events taking place in Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. In the Rwandan capital of Kigali, Dr. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2016 Following a London court decision last Thursday, 5 May, 2016, to dismiss an application for injunction to prevent the previous chairman Jimmy Batilo Songa from continuing in office and organising the election of new officers, both sides in the dispute are today claiming victory. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2016 The Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) related to Ebola in West Africa was lifted on 29 March, 2016. A total of 28,616 confirmed, probable and suspected cases have been reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with 11,310 deaths. In the latest [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2016 Speaking to members of his UK&I campaign team and a cross-section of other SLPP members early this week, during a Conference Call, the radical SLPP Flagbearer aspirant passionately appealed for unity and a continuous focus on “the issues that matter to the 99% of Sierra [Read More]
Lahai Lawrence Leema Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2016 As we commemorate international press freedom day 2016, the relevance of the press in governance cannot be overemphasized. A viable and potent press in any country triggers transparent and accountable governance. The press helps government to be able to see [Read More]
Mohamed L Kallon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2016 Dear President Koroma You are obliged to listen to the protests and demands of Sierra Leoneans who elected you democratically to represent them, especially in obvious cases when the protests and demands are relevantly appropriate. Now, compare the democracy you practice [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2016 Those defending and maintaining the present and the past, are not the best minds for creating the future. (Photo: School children queuing for water before going to school – if at all). I read someone referring to president Koroma, who, in a thinly disguised [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2016 Continuing our series of articles, discussing the declining economic influence, and to some extent political role of the United States in Africa, today we look at whether and how the US can help vulnerable countries in the continent, to best protect themselves against the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2016 While African countries such as Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Zimbabwe may be receiving huge sums of donor funds and resources from China to help keep their governments afloat, such benevolence does not come cheap. With every single Chinese Yuan, there is a long string [Read More]
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