John Baimba Sesay: 31 March 2020: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) commends the decision of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education to lift the ban on pregnant girls attending school. “As co-chair of the Sexual Reproductive Health Taskforce, established in December 2019, I personally applaud the Minister [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2020: Former defence minister and also internal affairs minister in the former APC government of Ernest Bai Koroma – retired major Paolo Conteh, has this afternoon appeared at the Magistrate Court in Freetown, charged with sixteen counts of treason. Conteh was arrested on 19th March [Read More]
Bilal Coleman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2020: Sierra Leone may not have registered a single case of the coronavirus, but the global shock engendered by the virus has triggered a financial crisis that is reverberating in the country. It appears that the financial shock wave is running ahead of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2020: The Continent’s relatively young population Is likely to be a mitigating factor, but constrained health systems and a high incidence of malnutrition and conditions such as HIV and tuberculosis will magnify the impact, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today urged Sierra Leoneans to remain vigilant, promote social distancing and avoid unnecessary physical contact, so as to help the fight against the Coronavirus entering Sierra Leone. Speaking to Christian Leaders and clergymen at the “National Prayer for [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: There is growing fear of serious violation of human rights in several countries around the world, such as India, Pakistan and some parts of Africa, as police use deadly force to enforce the coronavirus social isolation measures. In some Muslim countries, worshippers were publicly [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: President Julius Maada Bio yesterday announced that Sierra Leone will close its land borders, except for essential commodities with effect from midnight last night, as part of his government’s efforts to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country. Sierra Leone’s neighbours – Liberia and [Read More]
Dr. Johnathan S. Bangura (PhD): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: There is a common sense case for a Diaspora Trust Fund to be established, as an economic recovery measure, for Sierra Leone to come out of this crisis even stronger. This week, we have seen many African leaders declaring [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: Palo Conteh’s recent involvement in the corona virus fight, with his overt visibility alongside the President, Chief Minister and Health Minister at various meetings and field visits, was as hailed as it was derided – depending on the political proclivity of the [Read More]
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