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Economy & Business

Sierra Leone brings in second power ship to provide electricity for millions of people

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s electricity problem needs fixing fast, using sustainable approaches such as the use of renewables, solar, hydro, wind and conversation of decades of landfill rubbish into energy, to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country. With less than 20% of homes [Read More]

Economy & Business

Vice president Juldeh Jalloh promises changes to boost Sierra Leone economy

March 6, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s vice president Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has announced major changes which the Bio led government will soon be implementing to boost tourism and other key sectors of the economy. Visiting Njala University last week, the vice president spoke about the government’s intention to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Did president Bio and opposition leaders shake hands with clenched fists?

March 6, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2019: The recent political manoeuvre by president Julius Maada Bio has been hailed by many – not least his supporters, but lambasted in varying degrees by critics using politically tainted optical prisms for obvious reasons. Last week, president Bio invited all leaders of [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio visiting Harvard University

March 4, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2019: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone will visit Harvard and MIT – leading global institutions of higher learning, research and innovation, in Boston, USA on Thursday, 7th March 2019, to build research and innovation partnership with Sierra Leone. The president will engage with [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio meets leaders of opposition parties – peace at last?

March 2, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Political dust is yet to settle in Sierra Leone, after the electoral victory of Julius Maada Bio’s SLPP party which ended the incumbent APC party’s ten year hold on power. Many political commentators say that the defeated APC is finding it very hard to [Read More]

Politics & Law

State of emergency on rape – State House listens to social care agencies’ concerns 

March 2, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Amid controversies surrounding the declaration of a state of emergency on rape and sexual violence in Sierra Leone by president Julius Maada Bio, and the opposition political parties’ continuing reluctance to support the government’s unilateral declaration, president Bio may well decide to soften his [Read More]

Politics & Law

What is the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission Amendment Act 2019?

March 2, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Francis Ben Kaifala: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: We promised at the end of 2018 that in 2019, we will push the boundaries of the fight against corruption further than ever, and make corruption a very costly and terrible choice for every Sierra Leonean who crosses the line against [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio unveils his $8 Billion National Development Plan

March 1, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 March 2019: In March 2018, president Julius Maada Bio was elected president of Sierra Leone in a fiercely contested elections, in which the majority of voters refused to endorse the Koroma led APC government’s ten years of poor governance and hopelessness. Since his election in 2007 [Read More]

Dr. Sama Banya - Puawui

Grave concern over state of emergency on rape and sexual violence – a rebuttal

February 28, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

PUAWUI DR SAMA BANYA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2019: “Why have you stopped writing Doctor? We are missing your column”. This is a question to which I have continued to give the same answer over the last five years, since I announced that I was laying down my pen, [Read More]

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