Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2018: “In theory, Sierra Leone has devolved many services to local government, but in practice central government maintains a grip on both resources and service delivery” says the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) report – ‘Beyond Business as Usual: Looking Inward to Change our Story’. [Read More]
Abdulrahman Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2018: Sierra Leone’s Information Minister, Mohamed Rado Swaray has confirmed that President Bio’s administration approved 90% of the names that were submitted by Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), to serve as commissioners in the country’s Independent Media Commission (IMC). Minister Rado made [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 October 2018: Sierra Leone’s Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has today condemned president Bio’s appointment of party loyalists to head the country’s Independent Media Commission (IMC), a decision that could seriously undermine media freedom in Sierra Leone. Writing in a statement published today, the secretary general of [Read More]
Fatima Maada Bio: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2018: My Sierra Leonean women are very strong and resilient. I call them “Women of substance”. As a republic, we have gone through a lot, but our women have always stood strong. As a human resource, women are underutilized in Sierra Leone. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2018: Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, the former United Nations Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, returned to his native land Sierra Leone in 2016 to help rebuild the country after decades of economic decline. [Read More]
Bashiru Vandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2018: The typical British autumnal weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of jubilant NGC-UK members and supporters, who came out to meet Dr Kandeh Yumkella, Dr Andrew Keili and Mrs Philomena Yumkella last Saturday in London, as well as in Manchester [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2018: Yesterday, Saturday 6th October, president Bio and the First Lady – Mrs Fatima Bio, visited 34 Military Hospital, Connaught Hospital and the Emergency Hospital to sympathise with the civilian, military, and police victims of the two road accidents which took place last week in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2018: The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone – Mrs Fatima Bio, told young Africans at the Hall of Fame Award event in New York, that when women are empowered in Africa then Africa will be empowered. She made this statement during an [Read More]
Sierra Leone telegraph: 5 October 2018: Officials at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone, yesterday told the Sierra Leone Telegraph that they are seeking the extradition of the country’s fugitive former head of immigration- Mr Kholifa Koroma, who is alleged to have sold and unlawfully issued Sierra Leone passport [Read More]
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