Bilal Coleman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2020: Sierra Leone may not have registered a single case of the coronavirus, but the global shock engendered by the virus has triggered a financial crisis that is reverberating in the country. It appears that the financial shock wave is running ahead of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2020: The Continent’s relatively young population Is likely to be a mitigating factor, but constrained health systems and a high incidence of malnutrition and conditions such as HIV and tuberculosis will magnify the impact, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). [Read More]
Dr. Johnathan S. Bangura (PhD): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: There is a common sense case for a Diaspora Trust Fund to be established, as an economic recovery measure, for Sierra Leone to come out of this crisis even stronger. This week, we have seen many African leaders declaring [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2020: Yesterday, the leadership of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), presented a whopping Five Billion, One Hundred and Thirty Million, Forty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty-Six Leones and Thirty-Six Cents (Le5,130,046,636.36) cheque to president Bio in lieu of dividend paid to the government as [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2020: There are reports in the British media that Idris Elba is planning to open a luxury resort in Sierra Leone, once he recovers from the coronavirus, according to The Mirror. Idris who tested positive for the virus, had earlier expressed strong interest in investing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2020: “The world is shutting down. Places that were once teaming with the hustle and bustle of daily life have become ghost-towns with massive restrictions put on our lives – from lockdowns and school closures to travel restrictions and bans on mass gatherings. It is [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2020: Hold your horses and spare me a second to explain! This is not an SLPP vs APC thing. Obviously APC did not cause Ebola neither did SLPP Corona. Both scourges merely happened under their watch. The prayer of all Sierra Leoneans is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2020: Sierra Leone’s First Lady – Mrs Fatima Jabbie Bio, who is the wife of the president, is today making the news for all the wrong reasons, after being accused of usurping the powers and authority of government ministerial departments, including education, health and social [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2020: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) last week announced that the High Court of Sierra Leone sitting in Freetown and presided over by Justice Miatta Samba, on 4th March 2020, convicted Alfred Kallon who is the first accused in the ongoing passport corruption trial involving several [Read More]
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