Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2019: The government of Sierra Leone has ended the long-drawn row with many of the country’s former diplomatic staff, including information attaches who served in the country’s embassies and high commissions overseas, over the non-payment of their end of service benefits. A spokesman for the [Read More]
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2019: Sidie Mohamed Tunis, the Leader of Government Business in the Sierra Leone House of Parliament, last Monday 30th September 2019, spoke at the Commonwealth ICT and Telecommunications Forum 2019, which is taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The forum is precursor to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2019: The government of Sierra Leone with the support of the World Bank, is convening a two-day energy roundtable, bringing together key institutions in the energy sector and development partners, a statement published yesterday by the World Bank reveals. The roundtable will discuss and assess [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 September 2019: The Government of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Alliance Partners – a development company owned by film actor Idris Elba and Sierra Leonean entrepreneur – Siaka Stevens, have today 30th September 2019, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York, to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2019: Last Thursday at the UN in New York, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone spoke about the difficulties facing developing countries in trying to mobilise development finance. He was speaking at a fringe session of the UN General Assembly, where other speakers included [Read More]
Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2019: It seem far-fetched, but the British Agricultural Revolution, referring to the period of change from the traditional to modern farming systems in the UK that occurred between the mid-1600s and the late 1800s, could be a lynch pin for Sierra Leone’s very [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 September 2019: The Bankole-Thompson Commission of Inquiry (COI) which is looking into claims by the State that four children were beaten up by thugs on the orders of former social welfare minister – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, whilst she was in office, will continue sitting next [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 September 2019: The government of Sierra Leone early this week, signed a $275M investment deal with the Turkish SALA Group, for the resumption of largescale Torma Bum rice farming, which is expected to create more than twenty thousand jobs in Sierra Leone. This will also help [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 September 2019: Only one company from Sierra Leone was chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to receive the Schwab Foundation ‘Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award. Easy Solar, an energy start-up in Sierra Leone, was recognized as a leader of global social innovation for [Read More]
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