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President Bio orders investigation into deforestation and illegal settlements in Freetown’s forest reserve

April 25, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2022: Last Saturday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio visited the Guma Valley Dam at Mile 13 in Freetown to see the massive deforestation taking place in the area to make way for community settlements, and called ordered the re-establishment of the Western Area Forest Green [Read More]

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Reject genocide deniers and war criminals

April 25, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Zipporah Musau: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2022: Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu was appointed the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide about a year ago. Since then, she has traversed several continents in her efforts to help prevent genocides. As the world commemorates 28 years since [Read More]

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Genocide perpetrators must be brought to book

April 25, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Alice Wairimu Nderitu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2022: Last year, I visited Rwanda as United Nations Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, to honour and pay respect to the victims and survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.  My visit was also aimed [Read More]

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NDMA cracks down on illegal burning of Freetown Guma Forest Reserve and arrests two people

April 21, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 April 2022: The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has issued a press statement saying that on Tuesday, it acted in collaboration with the Republic of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) and the Ministry of Public and Political Affairs, and [Read More]

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Freetown’s coastal mangroves are being destroyed at an alarming rate: This must be stopped

April 19, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2021: The destruction of our mangroves is happening rapidly. This video below was taken just behind the Cockerill Fence, off Wilkinson Road. I was sent the video by a member of the community today. According to the man cutting down the [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court overturns Appeal Court decision in university corruption case

April 18, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2022: Supreme Court Judges – Justice Allan B. Halloway, Justice Alusine S. Sesay; Justice Mangay F. Deen- Tarawally; Justice M. Sengu Koroma; and Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Ivan A. Sesay last week overturned the decision of three Appeal Court Judges – E. Taylor-Kamara, Sulaiman [Read More]

In Focus

Latest Nollywood film review: The man of God

April 17, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Dr. Yusuf Bangura PhD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2022: I’ve just finished watching a deeply engrossing film, The Man of God, produced and directed by Nigeria’s Bolanle Austen-Peters (Photo above). The film, which was realeased on Netflix today, promises to be a box office hit. It’s one of the [Read More]

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APC youths bid former president Koroma farewell and promise to honour his legacy

April 14, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2022: Young members of Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Party are among the first to react to the announcement made yesterday by the party’s chairman and leader – former president Ernest Bai Koroma to step down from the leadership of the party. [Read More]

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Former President Koroma of Sierra Leone announces he is stepping down from politics

April 13, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2022: After months of intense speculation as to whether former President Koroma of Sierra Leone will step down from office as the chairman and leader of the country’s main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, he has today announced that he is stepping down to [Read More]

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