The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2014 Report from the World Bank office in Freetown, says that the Bank’s Vice President for Africa – Makhtar Diop (Photo), is in Freetown on an official two-day visit, where he will take part in consultative meetings to discuss the government’s massive budget deficit. [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2014 China’s growing global economic importance is one that cannot be ignored, and the government of Sierra Leone has made a bold decision to establish a commercial office in Shanghai, Eastern China. The commercial office was officially opened for business on [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2014 Following our article published yesterday, accusing the ministry of mines, of failing to publish the signed mining agreements as promised in its press statement released last week, the Sierra Leone Telegraph is pleased to see that this has now been done. Common sense [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 June 2014 Sierra Leone’s economy, valued at just over $3 billion dollars, may not be amongst the biggest in West Africa, but has in the last two consecutive years grown faster than most countries in the sub-region. But recent GDP growth is not enough to [Read More]
Think Security Africa The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 June 2014 A report published by Think Security Africa says that ‘all-out’ war against Boko Haram, may cause the terrorist group to transform into a more widespread threat to security in both Nigeria and the African continent. Boko Haram’s attacks continue to [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2014: Part of my job that night, together with the smartly dressed SLPP UK/Ireland Young Generation Team, was to usher guests to their seats and make them feel welcomed. The event was advertised on the most popular African TV channel in the United [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2014 A statement published this week by the IMF Executive Director for Ghana, has painted yet another gloomy prospect for one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s giants. Ghana’s economic growth is stalling fast. (Photo: President Mahama). Despite previous reports of the country’s economy heading for a [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2014 Four people have now been confirmed dead of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, after several months of confusion as to whether the virus had spread from neighbouring Guinea into Sierra Leone. News of the four deaths were confirmed by the World [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2014 The leader of Sierra Leone’s ruling APC party’s women’s group – Madam Elizabeth Manns, is in Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, attending a seminar on ‘social management capacity building for female officials from English speaking African countries’. [Read More]
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