The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 After launching his ambitious $217 million youth development programme in Freetown last month, the question many analysts are asking is whether the government has the capacity and capability to achieve such an ambitious and challenging programme, before leaving office in 2017. Recent reports [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (PUAWUI) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 After the Mafanta affair, Siaka Stevens (Photo) was anxious to establish a foothold in the eastern province. In his first cabinet reshuffle, he appointed the eminent teacher and Agriculture graduate – Frank Anthony as his Resident Minister. Mr. Anthony [Read More]
Francisco Javier Arze del Granado and Wendell Daal IMF African Department The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 Having been the fastest-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, Ghana is heading for a third successive year of slower growth, as large current account and budget deficits expose the economy to [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 The former head of state of the Republic of Sierra Leone and 2012 Presidential Candidate of the SLPP – Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, met members of the Kono District Development Association (KDDA) in London last Saturday, 10th May. The [Read More]
Yankuba G Kai-Samba The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2014 The third term presidency campaign in Sierra Leone is no longer necessary, and pressing ahead with it will raise political tensions. President Koroma has affirmed his support for the ongoing national debate on the idea of a third term as [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2014 The US government yesterday issued a press and public statement, announcing fraud warning and fake Kimberley process certificates, suspected of being issued by corrupt government officials and diamond dealers in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Sierra Leone’s brutal ten year civil war, which saw [Read More]
Josephine Koroma The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 The President of France – Francois Hollande uses public transport in Paris; the United Kingdom Prime Minister – David Cameron (Photo), uses public transport in London; the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Nick Clegg, uses Public Transport; the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 A statement released yesterday by the World Bank’s office in Freetown, is seriously calling into question – the Koroma government’s capability and capacity to manage the affairs of the country. (Photo: Not so energetic and focussed president Koroma). Also in the news, this [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 West Africa’s future as a competitive economic bloc, requires new solutions in power technology and investment, to improve energy access and enable the implementation of an ambitious infrastructure programme, according to Standard Bank Group. Policymakers, regional governments and investors are grappling with methods [Read More]
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