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Sierra Leone gets a new British High Commissioner

April 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London has today announced that the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone – Mr Guy Warrington, will be replaced in September 2019 by Mr Simon Mustard. Mr Guy Warrington who succeeded Mr Peter West as British High [Read More]

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President Bio speaks about leadership at Vancouver conference

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Yesterday, president Bio and the mayor of the capital Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr, arrived in Canada for a five-day Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference, where president Bio will deliver a keynote speech on ‘Leadership’. The TED conference is taking place in Vancouver, [Read More]

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When do we challenge our African leaders?

April 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2019: Are Sierra Leoneans really confused about investigations, commissions and audit?  While the country seems to be breathing a new wave of fresh air and suffocation on the one hand, many citizens see the various sets of audits as the turning point [Read More]

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Bio led government of Sierra Leone at one year – tempering great expectations

April 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2019: Congratulations to the government for its one year in power. As is normal after elections, there are often great expectations of a new government from its ardent supporters and people who generally look forward to a fresh approach to addressing national concerns. [Read More]

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Parliament and Anti-Corruption Commission to act on controversial technical audit report

April 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2019: After two days of frenzied reaction from all sides of Sierra Leone’s political spectrum, to the revelation by the Auditor General of Sierra Leone in response to a question as to whether she can corroborate the alleged misappropriated $1.6 Billion cited in the minister [Read More]

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Auditor General debunks government forensic report into alleged missing Billion

April 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2019: Did Sierra Leone’s minister of finance – Mr J.J. Saffa lie or deliberately mislead the people and the media, when he said in a press conference staged by his ministry last week, that a forensic audit investigation carried out by a group of international [Read More]

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Parliamentarians up in arms over published Technical Audit Report

April 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2019: A row has broken out in the corridors of power in Freetown, with parliamentarians accusing both the country’s Audi Office and ministry of finance of usurping their powers – effectively accusing both of contempt, following the publication yesterday of the latest damning report by [Read More]

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President Koroma’s speech in Portugal – who is he fooling?

April 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 19

Santhkie Sorie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2019: Former President Koroma of Sierra Leone can do all the travelling he wishes to do and make speeches everywhere, as long he does so as a private citizen and not pretend to be representing the people and government of Sierra Leone. He [Read More]

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Sometimes they are foreboding – but speak to them

April 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Dr Sama Banya (Puawui): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2019: President Julius Maada Bio has received many accolades at the end of his one year in office and rightly so. His scorecard for the period is an enviable one, except for the inherently blind and politically prejudiced. But even for [Read More]

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