Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 November 2018: For the first time since Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the country is now beginning to turn the corner in its fight against rampant corruption, which is estimated to be losing the government hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In the last [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Next round of presidential and general elections are not due in Sierra Leone for another five years, but the country’s main opposition political party – the All People’s Congress (APC), today moves one step closer to achieving the much-needed reform that many in the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Following a spate of communal violence and what the opposition parties describe as politically motivated attacks against their supporters and strongholds, the president of Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio promised to establish a Commission for Peace and National Cohesion. But that announcement was [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: A new book by McKinsey confirms that Africa is poised for economic acceleration, akin to the Asian boom. While other continents are seeing incremental growth, global companies that get in early and join the African champions shaping the right strategies, can sustain double-digit profit [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Tuesday 20 November 2018 marked World Children’s Day, and the United Nations called for governments, civic organisations and ordinary people globally to “put children back on the agenda”. There are several ways this could be done, says Julia Sloth-Nielsen – writing in theconversation.com. Children’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two loans worth €235.763 million for the completion of construction work on Thwake dam on Thwake River in southern Kenya. This is a strategic water supply project for the large semi-arid area of Makueni County [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: At the South Sudan Oil and Power Conference in Juba, the Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea announced the decision to mandate all petroleum operators, including but not limited to Noble Energy, Exxon Mobil, Kosmos Energy, Trident, Marathon Oil Corporation and other [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: The spectacular defeat of the All People’s Congress Party (APC) at the polls last March, prompted calls for a comprehensive review of the party’s performance at the elections, which is expected to culminate in a root and branch reform of the party. Yesterday, APC [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2018: Speaking in parliament yesterday during the debate on the 2019 Sierra Leone Government Budget, the member of parliament for Kambia – Dr Kandeh Yumkella, delivered what has been described as the most incisive and thought provoking response to the SLPP government’s proposed budget for [Read More]
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