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Politics & Law

Dr Sylvia Blyden has been rearrested and detained

June 4, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: Last Friday, 29 May, she was out on bail amidst jubilation from family and friends. But yesterday, she was rearrested and sent to prison detention for allegedly breaching court’s ‘sub-judice’ rules. Sub-judice rules make it illegal for anyone involved in a trial to comment [Read More]

Economy & Business

IMF approves disbursement of $143 million loan for Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response

June 3, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 June 2020: The government of Sierra Leone has today received approval from the IMF, for almost half the government’s $300 million it had requested from the international community a few weeks ago, in support of its COVID-19 response programme. Yesterday, the EU released Ten Million Euros [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio piles on more unrealistic promises

June 3, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 June 2020: The speechwriter, or ghost writer if you like, who penned down President Julius Maada Bio’s speech, which he delivered in the Well of Parliament last Thursday on the “Occasion of the State Opening of the Third Session of the Fifth [Read More]

Economy & Business

EU €10 million budget support for Sierra Leone’s Covid-19 economic  response 

June 2, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s National Authorising Office (NAO) in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, announced yesterday that the Government of Sierra Leone has met European Union (EU) requirements for early disbursement of a €10 million fixed tranche of budget support for the 2020 financial [Read More]

Politics & Law

University student and child rights campaigner Muckson Sesay is now free

June 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2020: After thirty days in detention, FBC  student and child rights activist – Hussain Muckson Sesay, was this morning freed  on bail. He was discharged from the Pademba Road maximum security prison where he had been detained after his arrest for publishing a photo of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone marks one year of political injustice and retribution

June 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2020: Yesterday, 31st May 2020,  is a day many in Sierra Leone – especially opposition APC supporters, who according to the results of the last general elections make up over 50% of the popular votes polled,  remembered as another sad day in the country’s political [Read More]

Economy & Business

Financing a 15 trillion Leones stimulus package in five years to boost Sierra Leone’s economy

May 31, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Jesmed F Suma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2020: Usually, stimulus spending tends to be temporary to avert any long-term inflationary effects and budget deficits commonly associated with drastic increases in public spending and the supply of money in the economy.  However, as admitted by the World Health Organization in [Read More]

Education and Health

Is the lockdown in Sierra Leone killing us or preventing the virus?

May 31, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone telegraph: 31 May 2020: The Coronavirus pandemic that has shattered lives throughout the high income countries is now hitting low income countries in sub-Saharan region, with Sierra Leone not being an exception. But while many of the world’s poor countries are affected by the virus, [Read More]

Economy & Business

Bank of Sierra Leone stimulus package – how and where should the money be spent?

May 30, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Jesmed F Suma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2020: The success of the proposed new social compact would be predicated on recognizing the intricate link between agriculture and economic development, driven by the application of the necessary technology in business and industry. It is the recognition of this intricate link [Read More]

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