Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2017 Dr. Victoria Saidu Kamara – the eloquent and hard working former Minister of Tourism and Culture in the Koroma government, has this week joined the Yumkella led National Grand Coalition Party (NGC). Victoria Saidu Kamara was one of the 28 aspirants competing for the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2017: Few weeks ago, the SLPP presidential candidate, Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio presented a broad outline of his New Direction Strategy to the nation. In his presentation, he promised to consult with members of the party in all the districts, on the development challenges [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2017: Today there are reports from Freetown of an unprecedented court action, being brought jointly by two Ebola survivors and the Sierra Leone Center for Accountability and Rule of Law, in the West African regional ECOWAS Court of Justice based in Abuja, Nigeria. The court [Read More]
The AdvocAid Fambul: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2017 The AdvocAid fambul is delighted to announce that Simitie Lavaly has been nominated for the award of Legal Practitioner of the Year 2017. This is part of the annual National Achievement Awards (NAA), organised by All Works of Life (AWOL). Simitie, [Read More]
Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Following the disastrous re-launch of the Port Loko Bankasoka Dam by the ruling APC government to score cheap popularity and political points, questions abound the day after – inside State House, about who was to blame for the fiasco. The ruling party’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017 Yayah Jammeh is gone, but it seems his shadow is still lurking in every corner of the Gambian economy. And as the country continues to make key reforms in the public and private sectors, there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful. But the [Read More]
Zipporah Musau: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: At the dawn of independence, incoming African leaders were quick to prioritize education on their development agendas. Attaining universal primary education, they maintained, would help post-independence Africa lift itself out of abject poverty. As governments began to build schools and post teachers [Read More]
Kerry Dimmer: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017 Despite fears of increase in crimes, some countries are liberalizing visas to attract investors. Would an Africa in which Africans require no visas to travel boost prospects for intracontinental trade? The African Union (AU) and many of the continent’s economic organisations think [Read More]
Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Perhaps no major political or humanitarian disaster is as overlooked as the ongoing crisis in Libya. For example, although the New York Times in September 2017 published a total of seven articles mentioning Libya, only one of them touched on the violence [Read More]
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