António Guterres (UN Secretary-General): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018 Since the shock of former United Nations’ Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one-of-a-kind and one of us. He was an [Read More]
Mousa E. Massaquoi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: A female farmer in constituency 101, Pujehun district – Madam Hawa Bangali Kallon (alias Akpajie), has called on the government and other development partners to help her farming organization to embark on mechanized farming. The call came as her farming group [Read More]
Mousa E. Massaquoi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Lack of access to potable water in the Bo district is not news anymore. For many years, residents have had to learn how to live without clean drinking water. Since the end of the civil war in 2002, many promises were [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Beijing’s cumulative loans to Africa since 2000 amounted to $124-billion by 2016, according to figures compiled by the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI). Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around 88 percent of the country’s overall $1.72 billion GDP, with China owning [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: The Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, held a meeting this week with president Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, where he told the President that the bank will support his government [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation met Macky Sall – President of Senegal on 30th August 2018 to discuss Merck Foundation’s strong and long-term commitment to build healthcare capacity in Senegal. Merck Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany. “I am [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Investigations into the illegal sale or issuing of passport by officials in the former APC government by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reached its climax yesterday with the arrest of eight people, in what is believed to be a joint effort with the US Embassy. [Read More]
Bashiru Vandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2018: The tragic death in Mile 91 of a fellow citizen is an outcome that must be roundly condemned by all citizens. Relevant videos and audios in the media validate reports that a citizen was shot dead by law-enforcement officers in Mile 91 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2018: President Julius Maada Bio wooed investors at the opening ceremony of the 4th Investing in Africa Forum held in Changsha, Hunan Province, where he told business leaders that Sierra Leone is now open for Business. Addressing hundreds of participants across Africa, China, Europe, United [Read More]
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