Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 November 2017 Sierra Leone’s economic performance is in tatters. Key government officials and ministers – including the president, have in the last six months taken their eyes off the economy to focus on their political survival. The Koroma government has lost control of the economy. It [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2017 Bollore Transport and Logistics a renowned port handler in France with branches across the globe, has completed over 50% of the current works on the 270m container terminal extension at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown. At a depth of 13m, plus 707m, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2017 Africa is in the final stages of negotiating a continental deal that would see the free movement of goods, services and people. Calestous Juma describes the challenges and what can be done to resolve them. Viewed against the odds of success in getting 55 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 Sierra Leone has once again failed to achieve the minimum requirements to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in US government funding through the Millennium Challenge Compact, as the government continues to fail to curb rampant corruption and poor governance. According to a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Documents from the Paradise Papers reveal how Glencore made secret payments, battled cash-strapped countries in court and sought to reduce its tax bill around the world. When one of the world’s biggest miners turns up in a small town in Africa, the local residents [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Tax haven Mauritius’ rise comes at the expense of the rest of Africa, say researchers working for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The Paradise Papers are out – another litany of spectacular stories of rich westerners using Africa as a money making [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2017 If you are a voter and looking for any more reason why the APC should be voted out on 7th March 2018, then the latest 2017 Global Hunger Index has shown the scale of their incompetence. This is not a report [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2017 President Koroma arrived in Brussels yesterday Sunday, 29th October 2017, after lavishly spending over $700,000 on a political campaign parade on Saturday in the capital Freetown. The parade was organised by ruling APC party central office in violation of general election rules, which clearly [Read More]
Peter Atkins Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2017 The number of hungry and malnourished people is rising for the first time in over a decade. This is according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. There are now 815 million people affected and frequent incidents of acute and widespread food shortages remain. The [Read More]
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