Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014: Report from Standard Bank says that the company is planning to expand its service offering across the rest of Francophone Africa, which the lender believes is poised to experience an investment boom as foreign companies are lured by the region’s mineral wealth and economic [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2014 Africa’s rich natural resources offer a unique opportunity for a breakthrough in improving the lives of Africa’s citizens, says a major new report launched today by Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General, at the World Economic Forum in Abuja, Nigeria. But according to [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2014 A new report published yesterday at the ‘Grow Africa Investment Forum’ in Abuja, Nigeria, where the World Economic Forum is being held, shows investments in fledgling seed companies with local focus, could net big returns for African food production on small farms. According [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2014 It seems the whole world is now waking up and getting ready for concerted and decisive offensive against Boko Haram, after abducting 200 schoolgirls in north-eastern Nigeria, whom they are now threatening to sell into slavery, contrary to Islamic principles. Boko Haram is [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2014 Africa’s oil and gas industry is making a huge impact on the global market. It is playing a significant part in helping to stem the economic recession that has seen global manufacturing production reduced to historical levels, as oil and raw materials prices [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2014 Sierra Leone’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Samura Kamara (Photo: centre), arrived in the United Arab Emirates last Monday to attend the Abu Dhabi ASCENT Climate Change meeting, and to discuss trade, investment opportunities and bilateral relations with the UAE government. The [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2014 Dear Mr. President Extension of the Presidential Term Limit On January 27, 2014, I wrote you an open letter on the amendment of Section 79 (1) of the National Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991, in which your Government introduced entirely new qualifications for [Read More]
Elias Bangura The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2014 The parliamentary committee on mines and mineral resources was in the Koinadugu district on a three-day working visit last week, where they inspected and discussed mining activities in the district, especially companies engaged in exploration. Following recent clashes and violent confrontation [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2014 Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Chief – Joseph Kamara (Photo) has faced fierce criticisms recently, after several botched corruption investigations, and failure to consistently win court cases involving top officials in the Koroma government. Critics say that he is impotent to act strongly and decisively [Read More]
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