Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2021: The World Bank yesterday announced that it has approved $8.5 million grant in additional financing to support affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in Sierra Leone. Early this year, Sierra Leone received 296,000 doses in total, with China supplying 200,000 doses, and 96,000 [Read More]
Hassan Gbassay Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 June 2021: The Consortium of Progressive Political Parties (COPPP) , which comprises of 13 political parties in Sierra Leone including the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC), has accused the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) of creating division among political parties in the [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7th June 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minority Leader in Parliament Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah (Photo above) has called on ECOWAS to be proactive in Sierra Leone, instead of being reactive. Speaking to the regional body, Hon. Chernor RM Bah said he would like to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 June 2021: With just two years remaining before presidential and general elections are held in Sierra Leone, the country’s main opposition All People’s Congress Party (APC) who currently shares equal number of representatives in the Houses of Parliament with the ruling SLPP, is locked in a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 June 2021: Yesterday Friday, Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana and Sierra Leone, Kati Csaba presented her letter of credence via video conferencing to President Dr Julius Maada Bio, marking the commencement of her tour of duty in the country. High Commissioner Kati Csaba extended fraternal greetings [Read More]
Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2021: No single political party in Sierra Leone has a majority in parlaiment. The current make up of the country’s parliament is as follows: APC – 58 Members SLPP – 58 Members C4C – 8 Members NGC – 4 Members Independent [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2021: Yesterday at State House in Freetown, newly appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, Deputy Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, and the Deputy Minister of Technical and Higher Education swore their oath of office to President Bio. Mr. Hindolo Buakai Bindi, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: Diana Konomanyi, a former minister of lands and later minister of local government in the Ernest Bai Koroma APC government, who was accused and found guilty of corruption by a Commission of Inquiry established by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the affairs of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday said it has filed corruption indictment against Paul Sobba Massaquoi, Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA); Peter Joseph Menjor, Acting Director of Procurement, SLMA; Fodie U.K Dabor, the Acting Director of Finance, SLMA; Hartwell Williams, [Read More]
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