Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2018: Report sent by the Police Local Unit Commander in Pujehun – Gibril M. Turay to the Police Regional Commander about the deteriorating security situation in some villages in the Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun district paints a dismal picture. The Chiefdom plays host to a major [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2018: The Chairman of the ruling SLPP UK and Ireland branch – Mr Mohamed Yongawo, has resigned from his post and bids farewell to party members to start his new job in Moscow as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Russia. “I couldn’t have gone to Russia [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2018: President Julius Maada Bio has unveiled Sierra Leone’s first Directorate of Science and Technology (DST) at State House, to support government’s delivery on development and boost innovation and entrepreneurship. Chief Minister, Professor David Francis, who chaired the ceremony and had presided over its creation, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2018: In the last four months the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has recovered a total sum of Le5,465,911,374 (Le5.4 billion Leones) from various corruption-related matters, including debt collection and investigations into the Transport and Ports Management System at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2018: General elections could take place this year in at least 12 African countries. Despite myriad social and political reforms, a smooth handover from one leader to a new one looks uncertain in some of the twelve countries, with sectarian conflict predicted in close to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2018: The 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) has been launched today by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It reports that public governance progress in Africa is lagging behind the needs and expectations of a growing population, composed mainly of young people. The 2018 IIAG [Read More]
Thomas Vandi Gbow: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2018: According to report, about 30 activists last Tuesday staged a protest in front of the ING Bank in Brussels, Belgium, carrying billboards reading: “Stop toxic investments”, “reclaim human rights” and “stop green washing”. The activists, identified as part of a coalition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2018: Former president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma, has finally broken silence since his party lost the presidential and general elections held in March this year. According to report by APC stalwart – Chernor Ojuku Sesay, the former president was yesterday, Friday 26 [Read More]
Theophilus Sahr Gbenda: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2018: Recent developments around land governance and land ownership have left many with an impression that in the next five to ten years in Sierra Leone, issues around land will be a major flash point for bloody conflicts. Focusing on the Freetown [Read More]
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