Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2021: Dozens of roadside make-shift businesses were bulldozed by police in the Jui/Grafton Highway in Freetown last night, in an effort by the police to enforce Council Bye-Laws and the government’s policy of clearing the roads of all structures that are blocking pedestrian walkways and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2021: A 27-year-old man from the Sierra Leone community in Winnipeg, Canada, is in police custody and facing second-degree murder charges in connection with a January 28, 2021 assault on Craig Street in Winnipeg. Issa Pa Musa was arrested last Monday evening in the death [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio took part yesterday in a virtual conference of the 34th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, to discuss efforts of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government (C10), which President Bio chairs, in reforming the UN [Read More]
ACC Publicity Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2021: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is pleased to inform the general public that, the African Union (AU) Executive Council has, on 4th February, 2021, elected the Head of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone, Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala Esq., to the African [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2021: Following the publication yesterday of allegations made in parliament this week by the opposition APC party parliamentary leader – Chernor M. Bah, accusing the Bio-led government of secretly permitting the Chinese mining company – Kingho Mining Company Ltd to ship millions of dollars worth [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 February 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development Dr. Francis Kai-Kai held a meeting yesterday Friday, with a visiting ECOWAS delegation and members of the National Project Committee (NCP) – a Task Force established for the ECOWAS Logistics Depot construction project in Lungi, Freetown, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 February 2021: Last Monday, the Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, hosted a sanitation symposium which was attended by over 50 participants in person and via zoom, representing central government, international development partners, donors, private sector organisations, FCC sanitation department and the FCC sanitation committee. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received the 2019-2020 annual report of the country’s Ombudsman – Leon Jenkins-Johnston. Assuring the Ombudsman of his support for the Ombudsman office and its independence, president Bio said: “My government has supported the legal right to government information, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 February 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone yesterday gave awards to three “top-performing ministries”, at the inaugural Presidential Award ceremony at State House. The controversial Presidential Award was given to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, the Ministry of Finance, and [Read More]
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