Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2019: President Dr Julius Maada Bio was last Wednesday awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in International Relations at the 100th convocation ceremony of the University of Liberia in Monrovia. According to State House report, President Bio was recognised and awarded the degree “because of his [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2019: After much criticisms over its failure to convince the US government that it has met the criteria for the award of a Millennium Challenge Compact, potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the government of Sierra Leone yesterday published this statement: “Following Sierra Leone’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2019: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week concluded its Article IV consultation with the authorities in Ghana. Yesterday, the Board published a statement, in which it says that the outlook for Ghana remains favourable; growth is expected to increase from [Read More]
Dr. Dennis Bright – Chairman and Leader, NGC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: Good morning distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fourth Estate. You are very welcome to our second monthly press briefing (12 December 2019). Last month we focused on a survey we conducted on the current hardship [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday, 12 December 2019, approved a four-year financing arrangement amounting to US$ 213.6 million for Liberia, under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to help the country restore macroeconomic stability, provide a foundation for sustainable growth, [Read More]
SAMA BANYA (PUAWUI): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: In Williamson’s “History of the British Empire” which was one of the Geography text books for the Cambridge School Certificate Examination of my time (1940 – 48). it is stated that the first set of European settlers in North America were [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 December 2019: Poor governance has once again got in the way of Sierra Leone winning the much sought after Millennium Challenge Compact Fund, administered by the United States government. Several well governed African countries are now in their concluding phase of delivering lifesaving projects, using MCC [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2019: Dr Francis Mustapha Kaikai – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, who in the absence of president Bio is leading the country’s delegation to the 9th Summit of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State and Government summit in Nairobi, Kenya, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2019: Yesterday, Monday 9 December 2019, – the European Union (EU) Principal Adviser on Investment Strategy for Development and Innovative Financing – Arianna Vannini, met President Dr Julius Maada Bio in Freetown, where they discussed the EU’s new external investment plan for Sierra Leone. Madam [Read More]
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