Economy & Business

Official electricity blackout across Freetown to start this week as government fails to pay Turkish electricity provider

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2025: Speaking yesterday Monday in Nice, France, at the 2025 High-level UN Ocean Conference, President Bio deliberately oblivious to the emergency he left behind in Freetown, said that he joined global leaders to advocate for urgent action to protect the oceans and marine resources while [Read More]

Economy & Business

Migration should be embraced, not feared

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: “Migration is not a problem to solve, but an opportunity to seize,” says Walter Kasempa, AU/IOM Migration Ambassador. As the most mobile and fastest-growing demographic on the continent, youth are both drivers and beneficiaries of migration. Whether searching [Read More]

Economy & Business

AfDB s accelerating transformation of infrastructure and access to basic social services in DRC

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: Roads in Kenge, Kikwit, Tshikapa, Kamuensha, and Mbuji-Mayi have been completely rehabilitated, new stretches of road built, and urban roads modernized. Numerous examples of socioeconomic infrastructure have also benefited from the financial support of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), helping to transform the [Read More]