Alinah O. Bockarie 17 June 2012 “We have set the records straight! Any vessel that wants to fish on our waters must do so through the right channel and comply with the laws of Sierra Leone,” says Salieu Sankoh, the National Project Coordinator of WARFP-SL (West Africa Regional Fisheries Project [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2012: You are the Inspector General of a country’s police force. Your officers are being held responsible for the deaths of five civilians as the result of negligent and reckless shooting, caused by unprofessional and poor policing tactics. You gave a press interview and not [Read More]
14 June 2012 When unemployed local youths and school children in deprived neighbourhoods, decide to become active citizens and play vital role in the protection of their communities against rampant crime, they ought to be supported by the State. What is unacceptable is for the State Security Force to turn [Read More]
14 June 2012 Yesterday, 13 June, 2012, the US Secretary of State – Hilary Clinton, welcomed more than 60 young African leaders to the ‘Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership’ in Washington. The three-week long professional development program is sponsored by the U.S. Government in collaboration with the implementing partner – Meridian [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2012 Bio’s international stature and statesmanship had a significant boost yesterday, when he spoke to global financial and industrial leaders at the 18th Conference of Montreal, organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas, in Canada. Julius Maada Bio – is a former president [Read More]
11 June 2012 With the dark and ominous clouds of bad policing and poor police supervision, darkening the horizon of what should be a free and fair election in Sierra Leone in November, 2012, there is still hope for the will and resolve of the people to be heard. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2012: In the wake of disturbing violence and rioting, which led to the shooting of two unarmed youths in the eastern district of Freetown last Tuesday, a political row is said to have erupted between the senior officers of the police force and key government [Read More]
8 June 2012 The eastern district of Freetown remained tense yesterday, Thursday, after two nights of stand-off between an heavily armed police and local community youths, following the killing of two unarmed young men on Tuesday, 5 June. According to reports, rioting and violence erupted in the densely populated area of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2012: The crucial debate initiated by the series of articles published by the Sierra Leone Telegraph on the state of Sierra Leone’s civil service, received a significant boost last week. The World Bank announced that it has decided to provide a whopping $17 Million funding to [Read More]
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