Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: The transition to a green economy is expected to create many new jobs around the world, including in sub-Saharan Africa. But will the economic transformation offer women access to higher-paying, more stable jobs? According to a new report released by UN Women and the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: 168,000 single-dose of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine arrived in Freetown last Friday, to help boost the campaign to have more people vaccinated in Sierra Leone ahead of what scientists say is going to be another severe wave of the pandemic in the New [Read More]
Amin Kef-Ranger: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2021 A United Kingdom based Charity Trust known as the Sierra Leone Poverty Alleviation Charity Trust (SALPACT), has come to the rescue of a primary school in Freetown – the Rural Education Committee School, commonly referred to as REC Primary School which is [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Serra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2021: The Sierra Leone Criminal Libel Law was introduced by Sir Albert Margai of the SLPP in 1965. Undoubtedly, it became one of the most draconian sledgehammers used to muzzle and “zip up “opposition parties and “dissenting” media voices. The APC party vociferously [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: Speaking on the second day of the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2021 Conference & Exhibition, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima – Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, stressed the importance of addressing energy poverty in Africa. “Africa first needs to address energy poverty [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: Marampa Mines Limited has announced the ratification of its Large-Scale Mining Agreement by Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday, and the final payment of US$10 million by the company to the Government of Sierra Leone. This is what Marampa Mines Limited said today in a statement: [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: The World Bank Board has approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of $75 million to improve natural resources governance, enhance inclusiveness and promote sustainability of development financing in Sierra Leone. According to the World Bank, this Development Policy Operation (DPO) is the first [Read More]
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: On Tuesday, 15 December 2021, I had fruitful discussions with the Irish Ambassador – Claire Buckley, about the various TransformFreetown projects that have been implemented as a result of our continued partnership. She was excited to see tangible results of work [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2021: Court of Appeal Judge Reginald Fynn, yesterday acquitted and discharged Sierra Leone’s former Vice President, Victor Bockarie Foh, and two others – Abu Bakarr Carew and Ibrahim Fakeh of all corruption charges brought against them by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Justice Fynn however sentenced first [Read More]
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