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  • [ April 30, 2026 ] European Union delegation in Sierra Leone urges opposition APC to return to parliament Politics & Law
  • [ April 30, 2026 ] Air Sierra Leone in big trouble as passenger carrier Ascend Airways goes into liquidation Economy & Business
  • [ April 29, 2026 ] KfW Development Bank becomes an ATIDI shareholder, enhances German investment opportunities in Africa Economy & Business
  • [ April 29, 2026 ] Hubris at the helm: When power politics risks global collapse Politics & Law
  • [ April 29, 2026 ] Sierra Leone’s strategic balancing act: Risks in aligning with Russia Economy & Business
  • [ April 24, 2026 ] Electoral reform in Sierra Leone is not a threat: Why parliamentary oversight strengthens democracy Politics & Law
  • [ April 24, 2026 ] Sierra Leone Electoral Commission: Parliamentary oversight is not control. What section 32(11) of the 1991 Constitution says Politics & Law
  • [ April 24, 2026 ] Sierra Leone’s 55% constitutional threshold and the fragility of national trust Politics & Law

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry woos investors in Italy

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Last week, Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry – Peter Bayuku Konteh, Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Germany who is also accredited to Italy – Dr. M’Baimba Lamin Baryoh, and the acting director of investment promotion at the Sierra Leone Investment and  Export Promotions [Read More]

Economy & Business

Economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa is encouraging – says IMF

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: African economies are facing a huge challenge after the last global economic crisis hit many African countries quite hard. Many are still struggling to recover. Last week, the IMF held a press conference. “In many of these countries public investments has helped spur higher [Read More]

Economy & Business

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below 3% – three years after crisis

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3 percent for 2018, down from 2.5 percent in 2017, according to the April 2019 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies released last week. Economic growth remains [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio speaks about leadership at Vancouver conference

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Yesterday, president Bio and the mayor of the capital Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr, arrived in Canada for a five-day Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference, where president Bio will deliver a keynote speech on ‘Leadership’. The TED conference is taking place in Vancouver, [Read More]

Politics & Law

When do we challenge our African leaders?

April 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2019: Are Sierra Leoneans really confused about investigations, commissions and audit?  While the country seems to be breathing a new wave of fresh air and suffocation on the one hand, many citizens see the various sets of audits as the turning point [Read More]

Politics & Law

Bio led government of Sierra Leone at one year – tempering great expectations

April 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2019: Congratulations to the government for its one year in power. As is normal after elections, there are often great expectations of a new government from its ardent supporters and people who generally look forward to a fresh approach to addressing national concerns. [Read More]

Politics & Law

Parliament and Anti-Corruption Commission to act on controversial technical audit report

April 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2019: After two days of frenzied reaction from all sides of Sierra Leone’s political spectrum, to the revelation by the Auditor General of Sierra Leone in response to a question as to whether she can corroborate the alleged misappropriated $1.6 Billion cited in the minister [Read More]

Dr. Sama Banya - Puawui

Share the wealth – offer it to the people

April 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Puawui – Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2019: There are reports doing the rounds that government plans to divest its direct involvement in the running of the Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Company, SLPMC,  the successor to the former Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board, SLPMB. Many would agree [Read More]

Politics & Law

Auditor General debunks government forensic report into alleged missing Billion

April 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2019: Did Sierra Leone’s minister of finance – Mr J.J. Saffa lie or deliberately mislead the people and the media, when he said in a press conference staged by his ministry last week, that a forensic audit investigation carried out by a group of international [Read More]

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