Sirajin M Rollings-Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2019: Honourable Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, I am reflecting and referencing court judgements meted against ten of us Members of Parliament belonging to the All People’s Congress Party (the largest opposition) by the High Court of Sierra Leone on May 31 2019. [Read More]
Mariama Janet Deen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2019: Since 2012, 11th October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl Child, after the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170 declaring it – a day of commemoration. The International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) aims to highlight [Read More]
Joseph F. Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2019: Today, 10th October 2019, has been designated by the World Health Organization “(WHO”) as “World Mental Health Day”, to promote awareness of mental health in people all over the world. This year, the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) has decided [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2019: The long-awaited ministerial performance report on the first twelve months of the Bio-led government of Sierra Leone was published last Monday, at a press conference in Freetown. With the majority of ministers scoring above fifty-percent, the report should no doubt make for comfortable reading [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2019: On 7th October 2019, SL Mining Limited – a wholly owned subsidiary of the American owned Gerald Group, said it received a letter from the government of Sierra Leone, ‘purporting’ to cancel with immediate effect, SL Mining’s large scale mining licence in the country. [Read More]
Agnes Fallah Kamara: 9 October 2019: I must admit that I did not know anything about autism until 2014 when, on a visit to South Africa, a friend told me that her son has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I quickly googled the term. Thereafter, I felt a lot of sympathy [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2019: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remained slow through 2019, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of domestic reforms, according to the 20th edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region. Overall growth in Sub-Saharan [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2019: Today, Tuesday, 8 October 2019, president Julius Maada Bio laid the foundation stone for the start of construction of the SONOCO Plant for the manufacturing of baking equipment in Wellington, east of Freetown. When completed, the complex will also include a skills training centre [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2019: Sierra Leone’s vice president Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, yesterday urged the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development to prioritise their investment in shared regional infrastructure, so as to accelerate economic development in West Africa. Delivering his keynote address at the 17th Session of the [Read More]
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