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Election Watch

NGC presidential candidate Kandeh Yumkella briefed by ONS, NEC and PPRC

November 15, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2017 Following the official launch of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party at the Brookfields Stadium last Saturday in Freetown, the party’s elected flagbearer – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, today received representatives from the Office of National Security (ONS), the National Electoral Commission (NEC), and the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone – the ballot is stronger than the bullet

November 15, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2017 It seems like the final parts of the political jigsaw in Sierra Leone are now being put in place. In December 2016, I wrote an article titled “Is it time for a third political party in Sierra Leone? But it will be [Read More]

Economy & Business

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

November 15, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2017 Africa is in the final stages of negotiating a continental deal that would see the free movement of goods, services and people. Calestous Juma describes the challenges and what can be done to resolve them. Viewed against the odds of success in getting 55 [Read More]

Election Watch

Sierra Leone Inspector General of Police must step down

November 14, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Umaru Koroma – SLPP National Secretary General Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 The SLPP is profoundly astounded by statements made by the Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) Mr. Francis Munu, on the “Gud Mornin Salone” programme aired on Radio Democracy 98.1 FM, Monday, November 13, 2017, [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone fails again to meet the requirements for Millennium Challenge funding

November 14, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 Sierra Leone has once again failed  to achieve the minimum requirements to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in US government funding through the Millennium Challenge Compact, as the government continues to fail to curb rampant corruption and poor governance. According to a [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Koroma meets executives of the Sierra Leone Bar Association

November 14, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 The executives of the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) were at State House in Freetown yesterday, Monday 13th November 2017, were they met President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss the work of the association. Speaking to the SLBA executives, the president urged them to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Watch Sierra Leone AYV TV this Sunday evening – as SLPP publicity secretary is wanted by police

November 12, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 The heat of political competition is apparent all over Sierra Leone. In recent weeks, as evidence of the heightening tension, reports of skirmishes between party supporters and police have become commonplace. In this dicey environment, this week came the bombshell of SLPP senior official [Read More]

Election Watch

Dr Kandeh Yumkella elected presidential candidate for the National Grand Coalition party

November 12, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

NGC Communications & Media Team Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 The National Grand Coalition (NGC), the youngest political party that is today the most progressive and vibrant party in Sierra Leone, successfully held its first convention of founders and delegates to elect its flagbearer and other leaders, yesterday Saturday, [Read More]

Editorial

Africans in the diaspora – converting brain drain into a brain gain

November 12, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 My friend once asked me to go on a cruise ship for a two- week holiday, but I turned him down. I reminded him that the last time my ancestors went on such a trip, they ended up in plantations. In those [Read More]

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