Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2019: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mika Saito held discussions with a high-level delegation from Liberia led by Minister of Finance and Development Planning – Samuel D. Tweah and Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Governor – Nathaniel Patray III, during IMF negotiation [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2019: Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday debated a Bill put forward by the Anti-Corruption Commission to amend existing corruption laws, in a bid to strengthen the hands of the commission in tackling what many believe is the most single contributor to widespread poverty in Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner – Francis Ben Kaifala, yesterday ordered his ACC Scorpion Squad to arrest border officials running the entry and exit post at the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, after a video showing two white men complaining about extortion and bribery [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2019: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone last Saturday, met with Sultan Alshamsi – the Chairman of Elite Agro in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they discussed investment opportunities for food cultivation in Sierra Leone. Elite Agro is the leading producer and distributor [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2019: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week concluded its fourth review of the program of economic policies and reforms supported by its three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with the Guinean authorities, amid prolonged civil unrest in the country. (Photo above: Guinean President Alpha [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2019: Political temperature and popularity were tested by two leading politicians in Sierra Leone on Friday, but in the wrong place – a Mosque. This is just not any old Mosque, but one of the most politicised Mosques in the capital Freetown, if not the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2019: Russian companies are offering robots, unmanned trucks and solutions based on the Industrial Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence to African countries, to help improve productivity and boost export revenue. The offer was made by the Russians on Thursday at the Russia-Africa summit and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2019: Yesterday, Thursday, 24 October 2019, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone addressed potential investors at the Russia-Africa Summit held in Sochi, where he assured business leaders that Sierra Leone is a perfectly conducive ecosystem and destination for credible business investments. The President said [Read More]
Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2019: There is a saying or proverb in Sierra Leone, at least in Mende country that, “one river cannot always soak your pants every time you cross it. You have to find another crossing point.” Here is Sierra Leone’s meteorological reference point: “The [Read More]
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