Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2018: The Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Tuesday 2nd October 2018, approved president Bio’s appointment of professor Kelfala Kallon as the country’s new central bank governor. His approval was made by MPs after debating – with some dissenting voices, the Twelfth Report of the Committee [Read More]
Mousa E. Massaquoi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2018: Director of Operations at the Sierra Leone police – Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Elizabeth Augusta Turay, has confirmed that the Regional Commander for the North-West – AIG Amos Kargbo has been suspended due to neglect of duty. She said the suspended [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2018: After months of uncertainty about discussions between the newly elected government in Sierra Leone and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), today there is good news from the IMF about its latest review of the country’s economic performance. An IMF team led by Brian Aitken [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2018: Thomas Cook Group, one of the leading global tour operators may soon start tourism operations in Sierra Leone, according to ministry of tourism report. In a meeting with the Flight and Airport Services Manager of Thomas Cook Group, Stephane Joly, the company said they [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2018: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr. Alpha T. Wurie, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Varian Medical Systems in the USA to establish Sierra Leone’s first radiotherapy centre for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed last week [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2018: It seems not much has changed in Sierra Leone’s politics since 2007 when the former SLPP government was ousted from office through the ballot box by the APC party, in what was described as a deeply controversial national election, which saw hundreds of polling [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2018: The Clerk of Parliament – Paran Tarawallie, whose controversial appearance alongside ruling party protesters in New York last week had prompted questions about his neutrality and impartiality in the conduct of his duties in parliament, has today announced that the country’s elected MPs will [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2018: Several soldiers and civilians lost their lives this afternoon, when a military vehicle carrying soldiers attending the funeral of their colleague, lost control and somersaulted along Spur Road in Lumley, the far west of Freetown. It is not yet clear what caused the accident, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2018: The decision of Sierra Leone’s Electoral Commission (NEC) to cancel polling last Saturday in a by-election in Ward 196 of the Kambia district, has been criticised by the country’s main opposition APC party, who claims they’ve won the election. But the violence which erupted [Read More]
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