Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2024: One of the Transform Freetown Sanitation targets is “to ensure that at least 60% of solid and liquid waste is safely collected, managed and disposed of”. In order to address the liquid waste element of that target, with funding from FCDO and with GOAL [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2024: CORRECTION: The World Bank Country Manager for Sierra Leone, Abdu Muwonge, has not been replaced as incorrectly reported on the 30th December 2023, by the Sierra Leone Telegraph. It is important to note that the Sierra Leone Country Office is part of the Ghana [Read More]
Andrew Kamara: 13th January 2024: In a shocking revelation by Sierra Leone’s ministry of finance yesterday, seven people believed to be SLPP party operatives working across various government departments, have been caught stealing a staggering Le12 billion (Old Leones). Disturbingly, this financial malfeasance occurred in December 2023, bringing into question [Read More]
Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2023: In a clear revelation, the Auditor General’s report for the financial year ended 2022 sheds light on concerning financial practices within various government ministries and departments. The report, while highlighting instances of irregularities, prompts a closer examination of the transparency and governance [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2023: FA Oil, an upstream vehicle of billionaire businesswoman Folorunso Alakija, has been awarded a substantial offshore oil exploration right in Sierra Leone by President Bio. According to media reports, Sierra Leonea’s Petroleum Directorate (PDSL) awarded six blocks to FA Oil under a single petroleum [Read More]
Macky Sall and Ousmane Diagana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2023: While Senegal’s level of electrification is one of the highest in West Africa with an 80% access rate, many countries on the continent are experiencing a real energy crisis. (Photo above: Macky Sall – President of the Republic of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 December 2023: Yesterday Tuesday 5th December – Day 5 of the COP28 World Summit, Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr spoke at the UN Press Conference on the Global Cooling Pledge on behalf of C40 Cities, and then went on to participate in a high level panel at which [Read More]
SierraEye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 December 2023: Sierra Leone this week announced a landmark agreement with China for the construction of an 8-kilometer bridge connecting Freetown to the Lungi Airport, a project said to be estimated to cost $1.5 billion. While the prospect of improved connectivity between Freetown and Lungi [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 December 2023: The government of Sierra Leone has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Road and Bridge Corporation and the Atepa Group’s architectural firm, for the construction of a 5 miles long bridge across Freetown to Lungi, at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion, government [Read More]
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