Dr. Dennis Bright – Chairman and Leader, NGC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: Good morning distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fourth Estate. You are very welcome to our second monthly press briefing (12 December 2019). Last month we focused on a survey we conducted on the current hardship [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday, 12 December 2019, approved a four-year financing arrangement amounting to US$ 213.6 million for Liberia, under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to help the country restore macroeconomic stability, provide a foundation for sustainable growth, [Read More]
SAMA BANYA (PUAWUI): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: In Williamson’s “History of the British Empire” which was one of the Geography text books for the Cambridge School Certificate Examination of my time (1940 – 48). it is stated that the first set of European settlers in North America were [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 December 2019: Poor governance has once again got in the way of Sierra Leone winning the much sought after Millennium Challenge Compact Fund, administered by the United States government. Several well governed African countries are now in their concluding phase of delivering lifesaving projects, using MCC [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2019: Dr Francis Mustapha Kaikai – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, who in the absence of president Bio is leading the country’s delegation to the 9th Summit of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State and Government summit in Nairobi, Kenya, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2019: Yesterday, Monday 9 December 2019, – the European Union (EU) Principal Adviser on Investment Strategy for Development and Innovative Financing – Arianna Vannini, met President Dr Julius Maada Bio in Freetown, where they discussed the EU’s new external investment plan for Sierra Leone. Madam [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 December 2019: Tomorrow Tuesday 10th December, is International Human Rights Day, and the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) and its Partners will join the international community to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR was ratified by the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 December 2019: Today is being commemorated all over the world as the UN-declared Anti-Corruption Day, which is celebrated every year on 9th of December. Sierra Leone, more than most countries on the continent of Africa has a lot to celebrate today, after eighteen months of battle [Read More]
Kwame Cumalé Fitzjohn: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 December 2019: As 2019 draws to a close, it is perhaps pertinent to spotlight the landmark record of Sierra Leone-born Frederica Matilda Williams as President and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center, Boston’s top Health Center. This year, also, marks the 17th anniversary [Read More]
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