Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2016 When the president of a nation sends a text message to every citizen, demanding that they must refrain from using foreign currencies, then one gets a sense of the deep economic crisis that has befallen the country. This is the text message that president [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2016 On Friday, 10th June 2016, Dr Kandeh Yumkella addressed over a thousand people at the University of Makeni. The aspiring presidential flagbearer of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the SLPP, spoke on the theme “Developing Our World – the Post 2015 Agenda”. In [Read More]
Politico: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2016 There are reports of a major security breach at the Lungi international airport, of a man attempting to board an Air France plane with petrol, a matchbox and a cigarette lighter, among other items in his possession. A three-and-a-half hour long closed circuit [Read More]
Kono district descendants worldwide Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 April 2016 Kono district descendants in the diaspora are calling for a global demonstration this Saturday, 23rd April 2016, to protest against Tiffany & Co.’s financial partnership with the Octea Group – the sole owner of Koidu Holdings Ltd, for its [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2016: In July 2014, the government of Sierra Leone signed an agreement for a landmark renewable energy project, that could generate and supply much needed clean electricity to homes and businesses across the capital. But the Freetown Solar Park project, costing $18 million, has disappeared [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2015 The Sierra Leone Telegraph has tonight learnt that Addax – one of the handful of foreign companies to answer to president Koroma’s call for foreign direct investment in 2008, is now unable to meet its financial obligations, due to costs overrun and drop [Read More]
Franck Kuwonu Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2015 Sanusi Lamido (Photo), a former governor of the central bank of Nigeria, once railed against his country for spending “huge resources importing consumer goods from China that should be produced locally.” Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country, is also the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2015 China’s economic interests in Sierra Leone have risen by over 400% in the last five years, and this resurgence can be largely explained by its vast investment in the country’s mining sector. But China’s economic expedition in Sierra Leone has prompted several Sierra Leoneans [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2015 Reacting to the announcement by the IMF that it will cancel almost $100 million of debt owed by Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, whilst lending $160 million in new loans, Tim Jones, Policy Officer at Jubilee Debt Campaign said: “The cancellation of debt payments [Read More]
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