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Sierra Leone mudslide was a man-made tragedy that could have been prevented

September 6, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Joseph Macarthy Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 September 2017 Unless urban planning is taken seriously in Sierra Leone, there’s a risk that similar disasters like the mudslides could occur with potentially more devastating consequences. The country is still reeling from the effects of a mudslide that killed nearly 1000 people and [Read More]

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Breaking News: Dr Kandeh Yumkella resigns from the SLPP to join national grand coalition of progressive liberals

September 5, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2017 Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella – one of the leading contenders for the presidency of Sierra Leone at elections to be held on 7th of March 2018, has today waved goodbye to the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). The presidential hot favourite has this afternoon [Read More]

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Breaking News –  Kandeh Yumkella to quit Sierra Leone’s opposition SLPP

September 4, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Anthony Kamara Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 September 2017 Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, presidential flagbearer aspirant, is poised to exit from the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). The announcement which is reportedly scheduled for this week, will see about forty senior officials also abandoning the party. Sierra Leoneans will recall [Read More]

Politics & Law

Presidential candidates for the ruling party of Sierra Leone in hot water

August 29, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2017 The Sierra Leone Telegraph has been reliably informed that two of the leading contenders for the ruling APC presidential candidacy, are either facing overseas travel restrictions, or awaiting charges in the USA or UK for their part in mining corruption allegations. According to sources, [Read More]

Politics & Law

Breaking news: Kamaraimba’s ADP office on fire

August 29, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2017 After a week of frenzied and bitter struggle for power in the opposition Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), the party’s office in Freetown has this morning become a towering inferno, as a handful of firemen battle to save the building. No one is thought to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Closing the stables after the horses had bolted – Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission acts?

August 25, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2017 As the corruption scandal over the sale of scholarships meant for poor people in Sierra Leone going to Mecca for the Muslim Hajj continues, yesterday the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission released a statement calling on the three sacked State House officials to report immediately at [Read More]

Politics & Law

Which Way Sierra Leone? – When foxes vote for the welfare of chickens

August 25, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2017 “At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them, so that they will become a prey to be devoured, and many evils and troubles will befall them. At that time they [Read More]

Education and Health

The Sierra Leone mudslide disaster isn’t over yet – here’s what the world must do

August 24, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Tony Redmond Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2017 As the uneasy debate about the causes of the flooding disaster in Freetown and who must be held accountable and responsible continues, there are growing concerns about the misuse and misappropriation of funds meant for the survivors and victims of the disaster, [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone vice president Foh and mines minister Minkailu Mansaray implicated in corruption – Op ed

August 23, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Mohamed Karankeh Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2017 Before I comment on the merit or demerit of the criminal aspect of this case, I want to ask and, or to know why so much money is expended on a single religious activity by our government in a secular country like [Read More]

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