Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2014 The National Insurance and Social Security Trust – NASSIT, has in the past few years, at least since the advent of the APC government, been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The scheme was the initiative [Read More]
Julius Maada Bio The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2014 Over the past weeks, I have been following developments back home in Sierra Leone with keen interest, and I am deeply saddened by the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. It [Read More]
Lamin Daddy Massaquoi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2014 Ebola is in Sierra Leone, there is no denial. At this stage, response and surveillance are crucial. The Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is highly contagious and therefore the role of the public will be key towards tackling the disease. Public [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2014 My last visit to State House was not one that I cared to remember. The then minister of information and communication, himself a former journalist and the erstwhile president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) – Alhaji Ibrahim [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2014 A statement published this week by the IMF Executive Director for Ghana, has painted yet another gloomy prospect for one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s giants. Ghana’s economic growth is stalling fast. (Photo: President Mahama). Despite previous reports of the country’s economy heading for a [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2014 It was a long time ago while I was still at Medical School. We were having a medical tutorial on Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STD as they are commonly referred to in medical circles. I expressed my concern at [Read More]
Dr Sama Banya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2014 A few weeks ago there was a radio announcement that the ministers of land, country planning and the environment, together with the minister of agriculture, forestry and food security, were to undertake a tour of the western area Peninsular. Their [Read More]
World Bank Office – Freetown: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2014: Ebola was first reported in Guinea in March 2014 in the four southeastern districts of Guekedou, Macenta, Nzerekore and Kissidougou. By March 27, four confirmed cases were found in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Since then, the virus has [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2014 Four people have now been confirmed dead of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, after several months of confusion as to whether the virus had spread from neighbouring Guinea into Sierra Leone. News of the four deaths were confirmed by the World [Read More]
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