The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2014 Following our article published yesterday, accusing the ministry of mines, of failing to publish the signed mining agreements as promised in its press statement released last week, the Sierra Leone Telegraph is pleased to see that this has now been done. Common sense [Read More]
Yankuba Kai Samba The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2014 The Ebola virus is a deadly disease, which until now, was present in Central Africa and the democratic republic of Congo DRC. That it has now spread to West Africa, requires a concerted regional and global approach in dealing with [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2014 I have attended only one government briefing session, since the whole Ebola story hit the headlines, beginning with the Guinea outbreak. The session was for private practitioners, meaning non-governmental ministry of health institutions and personnel. I had underrated [Read More]
Lansana Gberie – Reporting for Africa Renewal The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2014 The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. (Photo: Lans Gberie). The court, [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2014 There are a few countries in Africa that make it into the world news headlines, once every blue moon. And when they do, it is not usually a happy story, and Mauritania is one of those countries. Very little news comes out of [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2014 I am seated in Fokai Demby’s delightful Kamboi Complex, along Kenema’s co-busiest thoroughfare as I watch motorists, bike riders and pedestrians struggling to avoid the bad patch at the Capitol-Reservation roundabout. The visitor driving into Kenema city over [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2014 After six years of sheltering one of the most corrupt ministers in his government, president Koroma has finally decided to bite the bullet. (Photo: Sacked chief of staff – Konteh). It would appear the president has listened to his own conscience, and the [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2014 I have sometimes wondered whether some hidden hand was fiddling with my birth calendar, because each twelve month period simply speeds away. Only yesterday, I was joking with friends and family members that we were to wait until [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 June 2014 Sierra Leone’s economy, valued at just over $3 billion dollars, may not be amongst the biggest in West Africa, but has in the last two consecutive years grown faster than most countries in the sub-region. But recent GDP growth is not enough to [Read More]
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