Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2021: In the past, politicians in Sierra Leone would invoke sections of the notorious Public Order Act that criminalized libel to suppress free speech and the press. Several sections of that Act were repealed in 2020. But the proposed cyber-crime legislation that has been tabled [Read More]
National Minerals Agency (SL): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2021: In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the minerals sector. The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (MMMR) and the National Minerals Agency [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2021: The Residual Special Court Prosecutor said today that it is investigating allegations in Liberia and Sierra Leone of unlawful contacts with witnesses who testified before the Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL), including offering bribes to witnesses to recant their previous testimony. In a [Read More]
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2021: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingho Investment Company Limited, Gilbert Zhao last Saturday disclosed that the vision of his company is to build an internationally respected iron ore industry in Sierra Leone. Mr Zhao made this disclosure during the official opening [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2021: President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. John Pombe Magufuli died aged 61 at Mzena Hospital, in Dar es Salaam. According to the statement released by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Dr. Magufuli died from ‘heart disease’. John Pombe Magufuli will be remembered [Read More]
Lansana Fofanah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2021: The death of John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania, has brought shock waves not only in Africa, but across the world with some countries declaring a national mourning in honour of his benevolent leadership. After serving as a Chemistry and Math teacher, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2021: President Julius Maada Bio yesterday told Sierra Leoneans living in Senegal that it is the collective effort of all Sierra Leoneans to make the country attractive. President Bio was speaking during a town hall meeting with a cross section of members of the Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice who also serves as the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education – Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, yesterday admitted 140 newly qualified lawyers to the Sierra Leone Bar, after successfully passing their Bar final examinations. Introducing the Chairman, Supreme Court [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Musa Timothy Kabbah, yesterday officially reopened the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines, at a well-attended ceremony at Ferengbeya Village in Tonkolili District. The ceremony, which attracted senior Government officials, the local community, Chinese Government representatives in Sierra [Read More]
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