Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2021: The IMF Executive Board yesterday announced that is has approved a US$50.37 million disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility “to help meet the authorities’ urgent financing needs and support their continued response to the pandemic”, and address “the urgent balance of payments and fiscal [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 March 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today shown leadership by taking the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the launching of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme held in State House, Freetown. The President led a throng of other high-profile politicians, including Vice President [Read More]
Joe B. Swarray: 14 March 2021: This is just plain common sense. The law and the letters speak for themselves. Audit service is independent. The law says so and the Government lawyers have said so. Former Attorney General Kamara said so. Solicitor General Martina Koroma also wrote that the Audit [Read More]
Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2021: We write to formally draw your attention to our growing concerns with respect to the unmitigated violations of human, civil and political rights, and the industrial scale corruption within the echelons of the current government led by President Julius Maada Bio. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday held a meeting with development partners and the diplomatic community in the country to talk about the successes of Sierra Leone in the fight against COVID-19, and his government’s plan to roll out vaccination throughout the country. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: The long-awaited investigations by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone, into allegations of corruption in the county’s parliament have ended and the report is now out. Though the conclusion of the report is clear, it is likely to trigger further debate. According to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: The High Court in Freetown, presided by Justice A. K. Musa, yesterday acquitted and discharged former Mayor of Freetown – Mr. Herbert George-Williams and Abu Bakarr Daramy, who were accused of murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, following the death of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, yesterday expressed indignation and outrage at the rising number of incidents involving the vandalising and stealing of electricity cables and equipment at installations and networks across the country by criminals. Less than 20% of households in [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: 12 March 2021: History teaches us that on March 11, 1792, on a small patch of bushy land that was bought for the Nova Scotian Settlers, a thanksgiving service was held under the now famous Freetown Cotton Tree to christen our city known as Freetown. Happy Birthday Freetown. [Read More]
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