Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2020: Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare in the Koroma-led APC government, who was arrested by police and has been in detention for the past three weeks, appeared at the magistrate court today, where many expected her to be granted bail. But those hopes [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2020: Newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Sierra Leone – David Panda Noah, was a guest at Radio Democracy in Freetown yesterday, where he spoke about his new job and the changes he is planning to make to policing in the country. Responding to [Read More]
Sierra Leone telegraph: 22 May 2020: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social impacts. The loan will extend additional resources to [Read More]
Ibrahim S. Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are independent entities and ought to know very well their mandate. The President calling them to a dialogue with regards how they should go about doing their job is suspicious. It’s just a trick to curry favour. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Following recent spate of violence and lawlessness across various parts of Sierra Leone, president Julius Maada Bio responded with a speech – accusing opposition politicians of terrorism and inciting violence. Many feared the president’s speech could have unduly portrayed Sierra Leone as a country [Read More]
Puawui – Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: It has not been a pleasant week for me, nor I believe for many other Sierra Leoneans. We had just finished another three days lockdown, and I was hoping for some news to lift up my spirits over the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Leaders of Civil Society Organisations and CSOs were at State House yesterday, where they met president Dr Julius Maada Bio and Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent surge in violence in the country. Vice President Dr [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Tens of millions of people in Africa could become destitute as a result of COVID-19 and its catastrophic impact on fragile economies and health systems across the continent, human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission warned on Wednesday. As of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2020: The government of Sierra Leone yesterday published its long-awaited COVID-19 economic risks and impact assessment report, as well as its plans for financing the actions it will take to mitigate those risks and the huge costs involved. The government’s response plan does not come [Read More]
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