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Economy & Business

Electricity power cuts hit Freetown as government runs out of cash to pay Turkish company

September 10, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph:  10 September 2023: Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, is in darkness due to power cuts, as Turkey’s Karpowership discontinued its power supply to the country, due to an unpaid debt of about $40 million, Kanja Sesay – the country’s energy minister said last Friday. Kanja Sesay [Read More]

Politics & Law

APC leadership and SLPP government commence dialogue to end political crisis

September 10, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2023: Following a meeting between the leadership of Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party and representatives of the Commonwealth Secretariat and ECOWAS in Freetown three days ago, where they discussed the modalities for the start of political dialogue to end the post-elections crisis that is [Read More]

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We need to water the perishingly shrivelling tree of national unity – Op ed

September 10, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2023: Today mocks yesterday without appreciating the fact that tomorrow, it will also become the same yesterday. None of the actors in our crisis-ridden political environment is solely responsible for our present national problems. It is a combination of the ordinary Sierra [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio’s backdoor change of Constitution to stay in power will not be tolerated – says APC

September 8, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2023: Lansana Dumbuya, the main opposition APC party National Secretary General, has said in an official statement published two days ago, that the reported constitutional review to be undertaken by the SLPP government “is a deliberate and callous attempt by the regime to provoke a [Read More]

Politics & Law

Why is Bio SLPP government afraid of auditing, financial transparency, and accountability? Op ed

September 8, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September: 2023: The Audit Services of Sierra Leone has named and shamed eight very important institutions that failed to submit financial statements for auditing. In short, the institutions refused to be audited as provided for by Section 119 (2) of the 1991 Constitution of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Has president Bio acquiesced to AU, ECOWAS and Commonwealth led peace talks

September 8, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Jarrah Kawusu-Konte: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2023: According to sources, President Julius Maada Bio has grudgingly agreed to participate in peace talks with the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party. This follows the acrimonious outcome of the June 24 presidential elections in which he was controversially declared the winner [Read More]

Economy & Business

African leaders demand global financial investments to tackle climate change emergency  

September 5, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2023: The African Climate Summit has kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit provides an opportunity for an African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Green Growth and Climate Finance Solutions, and for a Call to Action for African Union Member States and supporting partners to champion its delivery. [Read More]

Economy & Business

$4.5 Billion UAE finance initiative to unlock Africa’s clean energy potential

September 5, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2023: COP28 President-Designate, H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, announced today a UAE finance initiative that will provide US$4.5 billion to help unlock Africa’s clean energy potential. The announcement was made during a keynote address at the inaugural African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The landmark [Read More]

Economy & Business

Cost of living crisis crippling the people of Sierra Leone – Op ed

September 3, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 September 2023: Excruciating rising cost of living has brought the people of Sierra Leone on their knees, not just in prayer but also from the sheer weight of skyrocketing basic commodity prices. In a broader perspective, Locally grown commodities tend to be more expensive [Read More]

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