Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2019 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission led by Karen Ongley, concluded its discussions of recent economic developments and progress toward structural reforms with the government of Sierra Leone in Freetown yesterday, 24 September 2019. Speaking about the discussions, Ms. Ongley said: “Today, we concluded [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2019: A few weeks ago, a local journalist in Sierra Leone published a damning story about the propriety of a senior Judge in the country, Justice Miatta M. Samba – who is an Appeals Court Judge. In his story, Mahmud Tim Kargbo accused the Judge [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2019: With growing dissent and unrest in Egypt, and the possibility of a major crackdown on the opposition in Cairo and Suez, the president of Egypt – Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is this week attending the UN Conference in New York, is looking for every [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2019: The Parliament of Sierra Leone has organized a three-day workshop to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop which commenced yesterday, 23rd September, is co-supported by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UNICEF, and is taking place in Bo. Over 50 members of Parliament drawn [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2019: With the implementation of the solar energy system at a branch of Unity Bank in Bauchi, Nigeria, Daystar Power says it has successfully installed its 100th solar power system since the company’s foundation in 2017. This corresponds to a growth of 733 percent in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), last Thursday, 19th September 2019, filed corruption charges against Mannah Lahai, principal of Fatibu Technical Junior and Secondary School and supervisor for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mohamed Kamara, a teacher, and Edward Lamboi, a Facilitator for WAEC. A few weeks ago there was [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2019: Sierra Leone’s vice president Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, last Friday called on stakeholders of government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and local councils, to work towards acceleration of the decentralization process. Addressing a two day workshop organized by the Ministries of Finance and the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2019: The inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board of the Guma Valley Water Company was held last Thursday, September 19, 2019, at its headquarters in Guma Building, Freetown. Chaired by the Minister of Water Resources – Dr. Jonathan Bonapha Tengbe, last week’s Board meeting [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 September 2019: Last year, reading his State opening of parliament address, president Julius Maada Bio called on politicians and public servants in the country to take up farming, alongside their official public duty so as to help address food shortage facing the nation and boost export. [Read More]
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