Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 August 2017: The calamity that struck Sierra Leone on August 14th, when Sugarloaf, the conical mountain overlooking the capital, Freetown, collapsed in a mudslide that swept away buildings and killed at least 400 people, was shocking but not entirely surprisingly. It is important to be blunt: The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2017 President Koroma today, Monday 21st of August, visited the East-end of Freetown to take stock of flood-hit areas. Meeting flood affected persons from Mountain Cut, Culvert and Wellington communities who are now seeking shelter at Brima Attouga mini-stadium, President Koroma told residents that government [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2017 (Photo: Vice president Victor Foh – head of the Hajj Committee). The people of Sierra Leone have been ordered by president Koroma to observe five days of mourning, in honour of hundreds of their fellow citizens, whose lives were cut short by a massive [Read More]
Abdul Fonti Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 “It might be too early however, to think or conclude that President Koroma is directly involved in this blatant human rights abuse of his people. His actions in the coming days against Hajj Committee members that seemed to have let him down [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 The dust or better still, the mud has not concretised yet, but questions as to the cause/s of the recent flood and mudslides that claimed the lives of hundreds of Sierra Leoneans are well underway. It is difficult to quantify or attempt [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 The terrible mudslides in Freetown, which have left more than 3000 people homeless and over 600 dead, is said to grimly illustrate the human cost of the Koroma government’s failure to implement basic housing, land and environmental protection policies, said Amnesty International. The damning [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2017 The leading contender for the ruling APC party’s 2018 presidential race – Mr John Bonoh Sisay is today denying serious allegations of bribery and corruption published this week. According to the publication, a secret inquiry by listed Australian miner Iluka Resources has embroiled Sisay, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 August 2017 This article was first published by the Sierra Leone Telegraph exactly five years ago, on the 16th of August 2012 to be precise. Here we are on the 18th of August 2017, mourning the death of over 350 people after a massive landslide on [Read More]
Andrew Keili Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2017 One thing you cannot fault my dear Uncle “Puawui” on is his brains and his passion for what he believes in. The good old Doctor, now in the twilight years of his eventful life also happens to be an avid environmentalist who [Read More]
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