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Life expectancy increased by 5 years since 2000 – but health inequalities persist

May 21, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2016 Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year’s “World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. The report shows that life expectancy increased by 5 years [Read More]

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SLPP UK Council of Elders distancing itself from moves to usurp the constitution

May 20, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2016 There are disturbing stories emerging from London about plans by a small section of the SLPP UK branch membership, believed to be led by some former officers of the executive committee of the branch to stage a coup against the officially recognised and recently [Read More]

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Rwanda provides lesson on how to narrow Africa’s energy deficit

May 19, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2016 Last week, president Koroma’s APC government in partnership with the British Department for International Development (DFID), launched an ambitious programme, aimed at providing electricity to every household in Sierra Leone by 2025, to boost the economy, maintain vital public services such as healthcare, and [Read More]

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Why the world needs intelligent leaders and what it takes to be one

May 17, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2016 As the people of Sierra Leone  try to understand the reasons for the country’s poverty and poor ranking in every global performance index, the word ‘Munku’ is now being associated with, and  used to describe not only the president himself, but his entire government [Read More]

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Are critics of president Koroma and his ruling APC political zealots? 

May 14, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2016 There is a saying that ‘when a wheelbarrow is empty, it makes more noise than a vuvuzela’. This goes for the APC funded media publishers, who parade themselves as journalists and minister plenipotentiaries, at the expense of the poor tax payer of Sierra Leone. [Read More]

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No more hiding place in the UK for African officials and their stolen wealth

May 11, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2016 Less than a day after British prime minister David Cameron referred to Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country, president Buhari of Nigeria has hit back, calling for the UK to repatriate all stolen assets and wealth hidden by corrupt Nigerians in UK institutions. Speaking [Read More]

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Yumkella departs Freetown for high-level regional events

May 9, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2016 Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNIDO Director-General – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, left the shores of Freetown yesterday, Sunday, 8 May, to take part in a series of regional events taking place in Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. In the Rwandan capital of Kigali, Dr. [Read More]

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SLPP UK looks to mend its wounds as London court decides

May 8, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2016 Following a London court decision last Thursday, 5 May, 2016, to dismiss an application for injunction to prevent the previous chairman Jimmy Batilo Songa from continuing in office and organising the election of new officers, both sides in the dispute are today claiming victory. [Read More]

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Presidential hopeful Alie Kabba calls for unity and focus in the SLPP

May 5, 2016 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2016 Speaking to members of his UK&I campaign team and a cross-section of other SLPP members early this week, during a Conference Call, the radical SLPP Flagbearer aspirant passionately appealed for unity and a continuous focus on “the issues that matter to the 99% of Sierra [Read More]

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