ACC Media Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2022: In this first media release, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to update the general public of the actions and steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in the 2019 and 2020 Auditor General’s Reports of Sierra Leone. These interventions [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2022: President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is in Hanoi, Vietnam where he held talks yesterday with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and witnessed the signing of Memoranda of Understanding between some of his government ministers and key ministries in the Southeast Asian country. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2022: Yesterday, Sierra Leone’s minister of basic education, David Sengeh made several unannounced visits to schools in the capital Freetown, to gain first-hand experience of teacher and pupil absenteeism, and was shocked to find that most of the schools visited recorded high levels of pupil [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2022: In just over fifteen months’ time, the people of Sierra Leone will go to the polls to elect a new president or renew President Bio’s mandate to serve a second and final term in office. (Photo above: Mohamed Konneh, NEC Chief Electoral Commissioner). The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: The Smart Africa Alliance has signed an MOU today with NADPA/RAPDP (Network of African Data Protecion Authorities) to provide institutional support and enhance the enforcement capacities of the African National Authorities. Originally started during the first discussions between Smart Africa and NADPA/RAPDP held in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: Executive directors from the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank met in Abidjan on Thursday, March 3 to discuss a wide range of issues including the effectiveness of their work and ways of strengthening collaboration between the two institutions. The Dean of [Read More]
Fredrick Mugisha: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: Over the past two decades, Africa has remained home to some of the fastest-growing economies globally, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the year 2000, Africa has accounted each year for anywhere between 3 and 12 of the top [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2022: Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio spoke yesterday at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, where he said that global dialogue promotes international understanding, peace and security, and more importantly offers nations the opportunity to engage constructively with one another. Speaking at a [Read More]
FCC Communications: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2022: Yesterday, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, councillors and staff of Freetown City Council joined a cultural parade led by the leaders of the 17 ethnic groups in Freetown, in celebration of 230 years (1792 – 2022), since the founding of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown [Read More]
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