Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2017 There is mixed reaction to last week’s announcement by Sierra Leone police to arrest any group of people jogging in the streets of the capital Freetown, without first obtaining permission from the police. Many in Sierra Leone say that in the light of rising [Read More]
Claudia Anthony (with additional content by the Sierra Leone Telegraph) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2017 On this glorious day fourteen years ago, a wicked and monstrous rebel war lord by the name of Foday Saybanah Sankoh died of pneumonia in the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. [Read More]
Victor Mengot Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2017 It is ironic that Freetown which is one of the first planned city in British West Africa is now becoming a massive urban sprawl. This due to a history of neglect by various municipal leaders since independence. What is urgently needed is [Read More]
Victor Mengot Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2017 The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a laudable approach to enhance a people-centred development and the relief of poverty. As a continuation of the policies enshrined in its predecessor – the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs now include a vital missing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2017 Football may be a beautiful game to many across the world, but there is nothing beautiful about football in Sierra Leone. It ceased to be a beautiful game in Sierra Leone, after the politicisation of its management by the ruling APC in the 1980s, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2017 The battle for leadership and control of the affairs of Sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown has not yet started, but already there are at least three candidates that have appeared in the frame – all from the ruling APC party. Freetown has had its [Read More]
Shirley Walter Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2017 The debate about the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and whether they are likely to be achieved has begun, after the significant failure of many sub-Sahara African nations – including Sierra Leone, in meeting their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Two weeks ago, [Read More]
Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI ) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2017 Our findings have revealed that due to very high levels of corruption in the education sector, university students and school going children have come to believe that school or university admission and marks can be [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2017 Since coming to power in 2007 with a new dogma and promise to ‘run Sierra Leone like a business’, president Koroma is far from translating this promise into a viable programme for development. His time has now almost run out, as he prepares to [Read More]
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