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]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: Professor Benedict Oramah wears many hats. He is the President of the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund and a member of the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVAT), an initiative of the [Read More]
RSCSL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2021: The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) has learned with deep sadness of the passing away of former Special Court Registrar Lovemore Munlo in Blantyre, Malawi. Mr. Munlo was appointed Interim Registrar by the UN Secretary General in October 2005, and was [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2021: Giving credit where credit is due is a rewarding habit to form, and the rewards can be inestimable. Dr Ernest Bai Koroma served as the Head of African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to monitor Zambia’s 2021 general elections that took place [Read More]
Invest Africa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2021: Invest Africa – the leading trade and investment platform for African markets, has launched a new programme of support for over 500 African MSMEs. The Next Generation Africa Forum will take place virtually on 16th September using a digital platform to connect [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2021: The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced it will provide $1 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance to Sierra Leone. The government of Sierra Leone is facing serious financial shortfall, as donor countries cut their aid budget [Read More]
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