The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Stakeholders acknowledge progress with Zimbabwe arrears clearance dialogue, call for more effort and support

April 25, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: International organisations, creditors, and other stakeholders in the Zimbabwe arrears clearance and debt resolution unanimously acknowledged on Monday that tremendous progress has been made after two years of an extensive Structured Dialogue process but observed several challenges that need to be addressed. (Photo above: [Read More]

Economic growth is speeding up in Africa but uncertainty clouds outlook

April 25, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is showing some resilience despite uncertainty in the global economy and restricted fiscal space. Regional growth is expected to reach 3.5% in 2025 and further accelerate to 4.3% in 2026-2027, according to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, published [Read More]

Sierra Leone may lose $480 million US government Millenium Challenge funds

April 25, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Dr Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: US President Trump is viscerally opposed to foreign aid. As a transactionalist, he believes that there should be immediate returns to himself or the US for whatever money or favours he dispenses. He doesn’t believe in soft power. Indeed, his [Read More]

Vaccination progress helps save millions of lives in Africa

April 25, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: An increase in vaccine coverage in Africa is helping protect millions of people from life-threatening diseases such as measles, polio and cervical cancer, according to a joint statement published yesterday by the Vaccine Alliance – Gavi, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO). In 2023, vaccination [Read More]

Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr to receive the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize in Philadelphia

April 22, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2025: The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, will be presented with the 2021 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize at the University of Pennsylvania, USA this Friday 25th April. The 2021 award presentation was delayed due to COVID-related restrictions that prevented in-person gatherings. This special [Read More]

ECOWAS calls for the enforcement of the harmonized regional standards for solar home systems

April 19, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2025: The ECOWAS Commission through the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) organized in collaboration with the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) and the Federal Ministry of Energy from 14 to 15 April 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria a seminar for more than 25 Nigerian experts [Read More]

African health experts commit to accelerate efforts to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

April 19, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2025: African health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue to affect over a billion people globally, 40% of whom live in the African region. Meeting in Togo from 15 to 17 April 2025 for the NTD [Read More]

Youth Charter calls for stronger youth-focused communiqué

April 19, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2025: Following active participation in the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum at United Nations Headquarters, the Youth Charter is issuing a call for a more youth-centred and action-oriented global communiqué. This call urges the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and all Member States to elevate [Read More]

Sierra Leone: Why we must answer the burning question with fire prevention

April 19, 2025 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2025: Our nation, and especially Freetown have been gripped by a spate of fire incidents recently. The State House, the Military hospital (34) and a maternal unit in Makeni hospital have all made the news for the wrong reasons. Fires do take place [Read More]

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