Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2018: Exactly ten weeks after her sacking as minister of social welfare and children’s affairs, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden speaks to the people of Sierra Leone about corruption and poor governance in the country. This is what she says: “Fellow Citizens of Sierra Leone, this [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2018: The government of Sierra Leone has reacted angrily over yesterday’s report of the IMF suspending its funding support to the Koroma government, after the government failed to meet key targets agreed with the IMF. Speaking to the BBC reporter Umaru Fofanah last night, finance [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2018 Sierra Leone’s economy is in tatters. IMF withdraws funding. A few months ago, the Sierra Leone Telegraph published a story about the declining performance of the Sierra Leone economy. It warned that the government is in serious paralysis, as funds meant to support economic [Read More]
Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 January 2018: Yvonne Aki-Sawyer’s campaign for the Freetown Mayoralty is the only serious APC campaign that is happening right now. You will not find any reference to the APC’s campaign slogan “Tolongbo”. Aki-Sawyer has sought to distance her campaign from the drab and dull [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 January 2018 The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International – CHRDI says it condemns the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) for failing to control the rising spate of serious crimes, such as murder, rape, sexual assault, and other forms of domestic violence in the country. It [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 January 2018 Elections in Sierra Leone are less than six weeks away, and already the ruling All Peoples Congress party (APC) has began to show its ugly anti-democratic credentials and thuggery. Few in Sierra Leone now believe that the elections will be free of violence and [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2018: Congratulations to President George Weah, on his inauguration as President of the Republic of Liberia. Our neighbours have successfully concluded what has been largely described by many as FREE and FAIR elections. But above all, it was peaceful. Like Liberia, Sierra Leone [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018: George Weah has been inaugurated. He is the new president of Liberia. And now the hard work begins. Speaking at his inauguration ceremony, Weah was under no illusion about the challenges facing the people of Liberia, as he laid out huge chunks of his [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2018: George Weah, once famous for scoring sumptuous goals on football fields across Europe, was sworn in yesterday as Liberia’s 25th president. He inherits a number of challenges from his predecessor Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In her article: ‘The goals that must guide ex-soccer player Weah in [Read More]
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