Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 Sierra Leone has once again failed to achieve the minimum requirements to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in US government funding through the Millennium Challenge Compact, as the government continues to fail to curb rampant corruption and poor governance. According to a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 November 2017 The executives of the Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) were at State House in Freetown yesterday, Monday 13th November 2017, were they met President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss the work of the association. Speaking to the SLBA executives, the president urged them to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 The heat of political competition is apparent all over Sierra Leone. In recent weeks, as evidence of the heightening tension, reports of skirmishes between party supporters and police have become commonplace. In this dicey environment, this week came the bombshell of SLPP senior official [Read More]
NGC Communications & Media Team Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 The National Grand Coalition (NGC), the youngest political party that is today the most progressive and vibrant party in Sierra Leone, successfully held its first convention of founders and delegates to elect its flagbearer and other leaders, yesterday Saturday, [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2017 My friend once asked me to go on a cruise ship for a two- week holiday, but I turned him down. I reminded him that the last time my ancestors went on such a trip, they ended up in plantations. In those [Read More]
Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 As we approach the elections of March 2018, politicians are busy on the campaign trail. They are making lofty promises. These elections may mark a turning point in our political trajectory. The tenure of Ernest Koroma’s All People’s Congress (APC) will end, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, today Thursday 9th November 2017, hosted the new Ambassador of the United States of America to Sierra Leone, at her ministry’s New Englandville offices. The Ambassador was accompanied by a high-powered [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Documents from the Paradise Papers reveal how Glencore made secret payments, battled cash-strapped countries in court and sought to reduce its tax bill around the world. When one of the world’s biggest miners turns up in a small town in Africa, the local residents [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Tax haven Mauritius’ rise comes at the expense of the rest of Africa, say researchers working for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The Paradise Papers are out – another litany of spectacular stories of rich westerners using Africa as a money making [Read More]
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