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Sierra Leone’s whopping $12 million buses – has government violated procurement rules?

July 5, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2015 Freetown is one of the most congested cities in the world, with a population of over two million people and hundreds of thousands of vehicles, plying the narrow and poorly maintained roads. Every single day of the week, over 70% of the population spend [Read More]

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A practical treatment for Ebola could have saved lives in West Africa

July 4, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

David S. Fedson, MD Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2015   More than 11,000 people in West Africa have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Aside from conventional supportive care, there has been no specific treatment available. In most treatment units, more than 50% of [Read More]

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There is a common humanity binding all sierra Leoneans

June 29, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Julius Maada Bio (Former Head of State – Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2015 Last year – the news from home was bleak and it broke my heart daily. I doubt there is a person in this room who has not been touched by the tragedy of the [Read More]

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Victor Foh – first hundred days as Sierra Leone’s vice president

June 26, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Baimba Sesay – Beijing China Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2015 After few days of anxiety and speculations, Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh (Photo), Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China was announced and sworn-in as the country’s new Vice President on 19th March 2015. The jubilation that greeted [Read More]

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Can we all come with you to Germany for routine health checks, Mr President? – A rejoinder

June 24, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Alan Luke Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2015 This is a very interesting piece, and it highlights the fact that our leaders have no genuine commitment to our advancement and development as a nation. (Photo: Koroma arriving in Brussels in March 2015). Koroma and his ruling elites travel overseas not [Read More]

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“Yes – I am passionate about the Bondo Society” – says Dr. Sia Ahmadu

June 17, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2015 Dr. Fuambai Sia Ahmadu’s (Photo) article about so called FGM published here, was always going to be highly controversial and thought provoking. But this is nothing new for Sierra Leone’s most formidable African women empowerment advocate and champion. Almost single-handedly taking on the rich [Read More]

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Is Bondo for white women now? Caitlyn Jenner’s “initiation” into western womanhood

June 14, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Fuambai Sia Ahmadu, PhD (Editor in-Chief and Publisher – SiA Magazine) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2015 A couple of weeks or so ago Reverend Kabs Kanu’s Cocorioko, published a cover picture of some random, recycled internet image of a presumably African woman – her arms flailing and she is [Read More]

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VP Foh asserts commitment to Sierra Leone women empowerment

June 14, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

John Baimba Sesay-Freetown Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2015 Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh on Friday, 12 June, said that the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma  gives great  prominence to the issue of women empowerment and gender equality, as could be seen in Pillar 8 of the [Read More]

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Elections in Burundi – “A moment of truth”

May 16, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2015 The people of Burundi are today staring at the edge of a precipice it once dug itself out of decades ago, when rival tribal factions brought mayhem to the streets, in a civil war that took the lives of over two hundred thousand people. [Read More]

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