Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2020: Sierra Leone has appointed its first female Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). She is Mrs. Elizabeth Augusta Turay. Her appointment comes, following concerns raised about the gender balance at the top of the police force, as well as the recent escalation of youth [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2020: Yesterday, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced that it has approved the disbursement of SDR36.17 million (US$50 million – equivalent to 1.7 percent of the country’s GDP) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in support of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph court correspondent: 05 June 2020: Palo Conteh is charged on a 13 count indictment. Two of those counts – 15 and 16, relate to allegations of making a false statement on oath otherwise than in a judicial proceedings, contrary to section 2(1) of the Perjury Act of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2020: For the past five decades, the African Development Bank AfDBGroup has been at the forefront of driving Africa’s economic transformation, leveraging its diverse resources and unique know-how as an indigenous development finance institution. (Photo above: AfDB President Adesina). The Bank has delivered on its [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2020: International flights to and from Sierra Leone were grounded by the government of Sierra Leone two months ago, in response to the rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, which now stands at almost a thousand. This decision by the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2020: Forty-six years ago, the United Nations (UN) dedicated 5th of June as World Environment Day – a day for people and governments across the Globe to raise awareness and take local action to promote, protect and preserve the environment. Writing in the Ghana Daily [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: President Julius Maada Bio today commissioned the renovated Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital in Freetown. Addressing Ministers of Government, Development Partners, Staff of the Hospital, and guests of the occasion, president Bio spoke about the importance of investing in mental healthcare. This is what [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: This year’s Presidential address at the State opening of Parliament, as with previous ones outlined progress made by government over the past year and its plans for the next one year. It is difficult to dissect all aspects of the speech in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: Solar powered medical refrigerator supplier Dulas, based in Wales, UK, has pledged to do what it can to support global vaccination through the COVID-19 crisis. The outbreak of Coronovirus has placed the greatest strain on healthcare systems in living memory, and the consequences go [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph Reserves Copyright