Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 January 2019: It is the New Year 2019, and under normal circumstances, it should mark the time for new beginnings. Many people make resolutions that are hardly kept. Sierra Leone has a new government and hopes for new beginnings, for our nation appears to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2019: Yesterday, Tuesday 15 January 2019, the Sierra Leone Muslim Congress and the Forum of Islamic Organisation for Peaceful Coexistence, met with president Julius Maada Bio at State House, where they commended him for his fight against corruption. Secretary-General of the Congress – Professor Babatunde [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2019: The new Ombudsman of Sierra Leone – Leon Jenkins-Johnston, yesterday met with local journalists at a press conference held in his office at Charlotte Street, Freetown, where he briefed the media about his plans for moving the office of Ombudsman forwards. Ombudsman Leon Jenkins-Johnston [Read More]
Teddy Foday-Musa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2019: The Bio-led Government of Sierra Leone has identified the strengthening of national cohesion as one of its top priority areas. In his address on 10 May 2018, at the state opening of parliament president Julius Maada Bio announced the creation of an [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2019: Just weeks after naming his cabinet – June 2018, president Bio convened an away day retreat involving his ministers, top civil servants and heads of parastatals, to discuss his mission and plan ahead for the delivery of his government’s New Direction agenda. The aim [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: Yesterday, 9th January 2019, president Julius Maada Bio launched his government’s Free Quality School Education (FQSE) Programme Teaching and Learning Materials and Core Textbooks initiative. Addressing, pupils, parents and teachers across the country, this is what he said: The Honourable Vice President, the First [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has stood firm against weeks of street protests over inflation and rampant corruption. Although the Sudanese have a long history of overthrowing unpopular regimes, writing in theconversation.com Martin Plaut explains why the prospects of a repeat are narrow this time [Read More]
Chief Dr. Saio S. Marrah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing” (Albert Einstein). Sierra Leone is a post-conflict and fragile state riddled with economic hardship and youth [Read More]
Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: Following a statement published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation last week, Dr Mo Ibrahim commented yesterday, 8 January 2019, on the unfolding political situation in Sudan. The Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said, “70 % of the budget [Read More]
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