Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2020: The sudden death is reported of Mrs. Georgiana Adekumbi Jestina Benedict (nee Grant) of 109 Leicester Rd, Freetown, Sierra Leone. She is aged 67 years. She passed away at home yesterday, 4th of April, 2020, after suffering a heart attack. Mrs. Benedict was a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 April 2020: There are now two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to four. Both new cases are believed to be among those quarantined upon arrival at Lungi international airport last month. According to BBC Umaru [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 April 2020: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday announced the disbursement of $21.13 million to Sierra Leone, after completing its second review of the country’s economic performance, under the program supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF). This brings the total [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: The World Bank today approved a US$7.5 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help Sierra Leone respond to the threat posed by the Coronavirus outbreak and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. The funds will fill critical financing gaps that have been [Read More]
Stom Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: The streets of Freetown are busy this morning. Everybody is rushing either to go to the banks to withdraw cash, supermarket to buy provisions, bus station to travel or local market for foodstuffs. The prices of food items have risen like a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: Mrs. Fatmata Edna Kargbo, who until recently was president Bio’s State Chief of Protocol and Ambassador-at-Large, accused of corruption when she appeared in a video in a church in Nigeria boasting of building a house after taking up public office, has today been exonerated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: In compliance with its own measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Sierra Leone’s ministry of information and communication held its first video conference press briefing ysterday, on the latest actions and decisions taken by the government in combating the coronavirus. Both ministries [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: The U.S. Government has announced that it is leading the world’s humanitarian and health assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mobilizing all necessary resources to respond rapidly, both at home and abroad. The State Department and USAID are providing an initial investment of nearly [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: Yesterday, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its fourth review of Guinea’s economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). It said that completion of this review has enabled it to immediately disburse about US$23.5 million, [Read More]
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