Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2021 Retired Colonel Alhaji Fanday Turay, Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative recently appointed and approved by parliament to serve the country at the United Nations, with accreditations to Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba, yesterday took formal leave of President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2021: Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has urged African oil-producing countries to continue developing their energy sector activities. He reassured that OPEC will continue to serve as a viable partner and will “assist in whatever way possible.” Speaking [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 August 2021: Magistrate Sahr Kekura yesterday sentenced Li Shichao, Manager of the National Workshop in Cline Town in the east end of Freetown to four years imprisonment for electricity theft, after he was brought before the Court for illegal supplying and selling electricity belonging to the [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2021: There is no doubt that among the various reasons for losing the 2020 Presidential Elections, ranging from financial, moral and ethical considerations, Donald Trump’s recklessness in dealing with the pandemic was the last nail to his coffin. Over half a million American [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2021: Sierra Leone’s president Bio yesterday arrived in Freetown, after his controversial two weeks holiday in Turkey where he had private meetings with the president of Turkey – Erdogan and his wife. According to State House report, president Bio was in Turkey on a private [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23rd August 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner has lost any shred of credibility left. All pretence of independence and adhering to the rule of law has been put aside. These days, Ben Kaifala is not usually seen with his bounty hunters, the so called ‘Scorpion [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 August 2021: Early in the morning of 14 August 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, causing hospitals, schools and homes to collapse, leaving communities in crisis. UNICEF estimates that about 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake. Over 2,000 [Read More]
Audrey Simango: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2021: Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force. For example, the country is set to harvest 2.8 million tons of maize this year, triple the 2020 harvest, and making it the highest output in 20 years. [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2021: The Chairperson of the African Union (AUC) Commission Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat in March 2020 established the AU COVID-19 Response Fund to strengthen a continental response to the pandemic. Having raised $44 million by October 2020, a further $300 million fundraising effort [Read More]
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