Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2015 Freetown is one of the most congested cities in the world, with a population of over two million people and hundreds of thousands of vehicles, plying the narrow and poorly maintained roads. Every single day of the week, over 70% of the population spend [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2015 Sierra Leone’s public transport system has been fraught with many challenges and for a long time. Its infrastructure – roads, vehicles, human resource, sales architecture and maintenance paraphernalia were completely devastated during the country’s 11 years war. Even though the conflict [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2015 A pregnant woman and her baby died after paramedics took her to a hospital 10 miles away rather than the nearest Accident & Emergency (A&E). Estherline Caulker, 39, was stuck in rush-hour traffic for 84 minutes after the London Ambulance crew failed to realise [Read More]
David S. Fedson, MD Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2015 More than 11,000 people in West Africa have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Aside from conventional supportive care, there has been no specific treatment available. In most treatment units, more than 50% of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 July 2015 Love him or hate him, Sierra Leone’s vice president Foh has in the last 100 plus days in office become the government’s ubiquitous Mr. Fix It. There are rumours in Freetown that he has become even more popular and hard working than his boss [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 July 2015 More than 200 Sierra Leoneans met on June 28, 2015 at the Cocody City Hall in Abidjan for an open and constructive dialogue on Sierra Leone’s post-Ebola recovery efforts and the way forward. The event was jointly organized by the Sierra Leonean Community [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 July 2015 The battle for the heart and soul, and of course the presidential candidacy of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the SLPP has begun, with each aspirant now actively campaigning in the diaspora. So far, there are three hot favourites: The former head of [Read More]
From our correspondent Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 July 2015 Like the calm after a storm, the recent official launching of the SLPP Manchester Chapter on 13 June 2015 was quite a sobering and resounding success. Just as if many of the guests who attended were there either out of sheer [Read More]
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