Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2021: Last week in Sierra Leone’s parliament, opposition party MPs questioned the Bio-led government about the Le31.3 Trillion that they borrowed in the last three years of taking power in 2018. Parliamentary Leader of the National Grand Coalition party (NGC) – Dr Kandeh Yumkella, challenged [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2021: The British government has today announced that on Monday 19th July, 4am, Sierra Leone will join a long list of countries with very high prevalence of Covid infections, from which travellers are banned from entering England. This means that if you are entering England [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 july 2021: Elected councillors of the Freetown City Council have today signed a protest letter calling on the minister of local government – Mr Tamba Lamina to remove the Council’s Chief Administrator, Festus Kallay from office. Kallay is accused of disruptive behaviour, insubordination and dereliction of [Read More]
Hon. Alhaji Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2021: Today I release the proposed “Inclusive and Equitable Governance Bill” and the concept note on diaspora voting. For three years now, I have worked diligently to open up the political space for women, young professionals and our [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2021: An elected ward councillor of the Freetown City Council, yesterday spoke to the Sierra Leone Telegraph about what he described as “the disgraceful behaviour of political zealots” whom he said “belong to the ruling SLPP party and working for the Council – are holding [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2021: The African Development Bank has agreed to support Côte d’Ivoire in creating agricultural value chains to create more jobs and make economic growth more inclusive, the bank’s president, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, said last week, during a meeting with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi. [Read More]
African Energy Chamber: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2021: In a move to promote development and end energy poverty by 2030, the African Energy Chamber has announced that it will encourage African countries to boycott companies that boycott African oil and gas. With the international community pushing for a rapid [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2021: Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to US$345 billion worth of trade in 2020, including $60 billion in intra-Commonwealth trade, according to 2021 Commonwealth Trade Review on “Energising Commonwealth Trade in a Digital World: Paths to Recovery Post-COVID”. Released today, the Commonwealth [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2021: Last Friday, members of Sierra Leone’s parliament representing most of the major political parties called for their colleague MP Emmanuel Saidu Conteh to be granted bail by police, following his arrest on alleged shipping of arms and ammunition into the country, a claim he [Read More]
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