Dennis Kabatto Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2016 The government and people of Sierra Leone will observe a three minutes silence today, Monday, November 7, to commemorate the first anniversary of the declaration of the end of the Ebola virus disease in the country by the World Health Organization (WHO). [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2016 Elections are due in Sierra Leone in February 2018. The people of Sierra Leone are yearning for change. President Koroma and his ruling APC will face an electorate that has seen their fortunes, hopes of economic prosperity and improved standard of living dashed. With [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay – Beijing China Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2016 By 2012, the cost of government subsidies in Ghana had reached one billion Cedis ($500 million). It was expected to rise to 2.4 billion Cedis this year, before the country’s National Petroleum Authority could raise prices. The decision [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 November 2016 One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied; ‘I cannot accept money from you, I’m doing community service this week.’ The florist was pleased and left [Read More]
Saad Barrie Sierra Lone Telegraph: 31 October 2016 Sierra Leone government’s proposed new airport has been harshly criticised by some of its key stakeholders, either for its location, huge cost, or method of financing and the lack of transparency in the negotiations with its financiers and contractors – the Chinese. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29th October 2016 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the president of Liberia turned 78 years old today. She celebrated her birthday, joined by family members and prominent people in Liberia and from neighbouring countries, including Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Children and Religious Affairs Dr Sylvia Olayinka [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2016 Next Saturday, 5th of November, 2016, the Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) UK and Ireland, will celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the grand old party of Sierra Leone – the SLPP. (Photo: Sir Milton Margai’s last cabinet) Despite a long and sometimes turbulent history, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2016 Sierra Leone has once again become a charity case, after failing to develop its agricultural sector to feed its 6 million population and become Africa’s food basket. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the farming industry, through the World Bank and international [Read More]
Saad Barrie Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2016 The proposed Mamamah Airport and New City is the flagship infrastructure project in Sierra Leone’s current medium term development plan, the ‘Agenda for Prosperity’. The indicative cost of the Mamamah Project is US$481 million. The airport alone is estimated to cost at [Read More]
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