Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2019: Yesterday, the De Beers Group announced that, GemFair, a pilot programme developed by the company which aims to create a secure and transparent route to market for ethically sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds, is scaling up its operations in Sierra Leone to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2019: The High Court of Sierra Leone, sitting in Freetown, yesterday Wednesday 24th April 2019, found Mr. Abdul Barrie – a former Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Infrastructure in the Koroma led APC government, guilty of corruption. Passing his judgement, the presiding Judge – [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2019: Over one hundred guests from across the UK, including the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the UK – Mr Tamba Lamina and his wife – Salma Lamina, attended the launching of the Annual Fundraising Dinner and African Excellence Awards organised by the Trustees of [Read More]
Jenkins Sulaiman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 April 2019: President Julius Maada Bio has just marked a year at the helm of state in Sierra Leone, amid challenging economic conditions. Impressively, the president and his team have been able to keep the ship of state afloat by relying mainly on tax [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: A group of 29 international diamantaires and jewellers, headed by Martin Rapaport – Chairman of the Rapaport Group, were in Sierra Leone a few weeks ago on a trade visit. They held discussions with the Bio led government about a new strategy that could [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2019: Government staffer Souhayata Haidara enjoys talking about her life in a patriarchal society. Her career is a triumph of patience and perseverance, she tells Africa Renewal with a smile and a wink. Ms. Haidara, currently the Special Adviser to Mali’s Minister of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: The chairman of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) – Ms. Tuma Adama Jabbi has today been unanimously elected as vice chairman of the highest council of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM), at a conference in Wuzhen, China. The [Read More]
Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: “The gron dry” is the lamentation of supporters of the ousted APC administration which one hears everywhere; they complain of the general economic hardship that has hit the country following the ouster of the Ernest Bai Koroma government. And yet [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: Dulas are pleased to announce that the winners of the vaccine refrigerator competition are Set4Life Australia (S4LA). S4LA is a grassroots, not-for-profit organisation providing direct support for the people of the Yiben area in Sierra Leone. Working with the community and their dedicated champion [Read More]
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