Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2019: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take urgent action to stop the deteriorating political situation in Guinea Bissau and prevent instability in the region. Speaking last Friday at the Extraordinary Session [Read More]
Campaign for Good Governance: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2019: Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) is seriously concerned about the unnecessary strain the cabinet reshuffle will cause on the country’s already bloated public service wage bill and the economy; especially at a time when ordinary Sierra Leoneans are grappling to [Read More]
Chernor Maju Bah (MP): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2019: On Thursday, November 7th, 2019, President Bio shocked the nation with a cabinet reshuffle that comes across to many as insensitive and needless. One of his cardinal campaign messages was that, within one year, his government will turn around the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2019 Yesterday, 8 November 2019, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance – Jacob Jusu Saffa laid out his budget plans and spending forecasts to parliamentarians, which the government says is designed to tackle poverty and relieve the economic suffering of people in the country. He called [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 November 2019: President Julius Maada Bio is today attending an extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, taking place in Niamey, Niger. The Summit which is being chaired by the President of Niger and Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 November 2019: Commonwealth law ministers have unanimously resolved to remove barriers to access to justice in their respective countries, and to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions by 2030. The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting concluded today with a set of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 November 2019: The Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Thursday 7th November 2019, passed into law with some amendments – the Bill entitled: ‘The National Commission for Social Action Act, 2019’, following a debate on a Report presented by a joint-committee. The parliamentary joint-committee chaired by Hindolo [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2019: As parliamentarians prepare to receive the SLPP government’s 2020 Budget and Financial Statement tomorrow Friday, 8 November, to be delivered by finance minister Jacob Jusu Saffa, president Bio has today announced a snap cabinet reshuffle. Although a cabinet reshuffle was expected after calls from [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 November 2019: As concerns grow across the country about the state of the economy of Sierra Leone, with rising food prices and falling value of the Leone, the executives of Sierra Leone’s opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party, has today broken silence. This morning the NGC [Read More]
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