Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2023: Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio cumulatively withdrew over Le71.4 billion as international travel per diem in 2022 alone, new financial records of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) accessed [Read More]
Made in Salone: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2023: Made in Salone – a concept to showcase the positive impact of domestic production and manufacturing businesses – goes live with a short video about Sierra Bo Garri, a pioneering cassava farming and garri processing operation. (Photo: From cassava to gari to plate). [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2023: The recent upsurge in military coups, militant extremist groups and political protestations across Africa has rattled the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, and the international community at large. Studies show that coups are back, in parts. The [Read More]
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2023: Today we received the World Bank Country Manager Abdu Muwonge and a visiting World Bank mission team focusing on Climate Action. It was a great opportunity to share with them FCC’s Climate Action Plan which was launched just three weeks ago. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2023: EU Elections Observer Mission to Sierra Leone held talks yesterday with the parliamentary Leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella at his residence in Freetown, after last week’s wave of resignation by senior officials of the party including the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2023: Despite lofty claims by President Bio and the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission of succeeding in tackling high level corruption in Sierra Leone, there are several sacred cows in his government that are using clever means of siphoning public funds into their personal accounts. In 2019, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2023: Dozens of school children who were invited by the wife of President Bio and the government to attend a rally at the Bo stadium in southern Sierra Leone, were seriously injured when a section of the stadium collapsed. The rally which critics say was [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2023: Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma departed Freetown today Sunday, 5 February 2023 to join his peers on a five-nation visits to discuss security on the African continent. Organized by the Brenthurst Foundation, the high-level event is scheduled to take place from the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2023: Tonight, there are more high profile resignations from Yumkella’s National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, following a string of resignations this afternoon, tendered by the party chairman – Dennis Bright, Deputy Secretary General – Nyamakoro Sillah, and the party’s Western Area Coordinator – Arthur Pearce. [Read More]
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