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Politics & Law

Sierra Leone government Hajj scholarships sold to foreigners and the rich

August 21, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2017 (Photo: Vice president Victor Foh – head of the Hajj Committee). The people of Sierra Leone have been ordered by president Koroma to observe five days of mourning, in honour of hundreds of their fellow citizens, whose lives were cut short by a massive [Read More]

Politics & Law

Mr President – I think you have more sackings to do

August 20, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Abdul Fonti Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 “It might be too early however, to think or conclude that President Koroma is directly involved in this blatant human rights abuse of his people. His actions in the coming days against Hajj Committee members that seemed to have let him down [Read More]

Politics & Law

The flood in Sierra Leone – A post mortem

August 20, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 The dust or better still, the mud has not concretised yet, but questions as to the cause/s of the recent flood and mudslides that claimed the lives of hundreds of Sierra Leoneans are well underway. It is difficult to quantify or attempt [Read More]

Politics & Law

Amnesty International blames the inept Koroma government of Sierra Leone for the flood disaster

August 20, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 The terrible mudslides in Freetown, which have left more than 3000 people homeless and over 600 dead, is said to grimly illustrate the human cost of the Koroma government’s failure to implement basic housing, land and environmental protection policies, said Amnesty International. The damning [Read More]

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Freetown floods disaster – Father of the nation and crocodile tears

August 20, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Dr Julius Spencer Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2017 I have not expressed my views on national events for quite a while, but today I cannot but say something. For the past days, I have been quite tearful. In other words, I feel like crying a lot. I have not [Read More]

In Focus

Sierra Leone says goodbye to over 300 flood disaster victims as president Koroma weeps

August 19, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2017 Few in Sierra Leone and across the world, could hold back their tears on Thursday, 17th August, 2017 as hundreds of those killed by the landslide which took place in Freetown on the 13th and 14th of August were taken to their final place [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone presidential hopeful John Sisay denies bribery and corruption allegations

August 19, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2017 The leading contender for the ruling APC party’s 2018 presidential race – Mr John Bonoh Sisay is today denying serious allegations of bribery and corruption published this week. According to the publication, a secret inquiry by listed Australian miner Iluka Resources has embroiled Sisay, [Read More]

In Focus

The gods are not to blame – an ode to the Freetown flood victims

August 19, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2017 With fist of fury, clenched in despair, I raised my hands to heaven in supplication. With teary eyes and swollen cheeks, we ask for divine explanation. In cries of abandonment, for what has befallen us, in our time of need. In a [Read More]

Politics & Law

Creole marginalisation – taboo subject faced head on in Sierra Leone

August 18, 2017 Abdul Rashid Thomas 30

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 August 2017  This article was first published by the Sierra Leone Telegraph exactly five years ago, on the 16th of August 2012 to be precise. Here we are on the 18th of August 2017, mourning the death of over 350 people after a massive landslide on [Read More]

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