Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2018: In the last four months the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has recovered a total sum of Le5,465,911,374 (Le5.4 billion Leones) from various corruption-related matters, including debt collection and investigations into the Transport and Ports Management System at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2018: General elections could take place this year in at least 12 African countries. Despite myriad social and political reforms, a smooth handover from one leader to a new one looks uncertain in some of the twelve countries, with sectarian conflict predicted in close to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2018: The 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) has been launched today by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It reports that public governance progress in Africa is lagging behind the needs and expectations of a growing population, composed mainly of young people. The 2018 IIAG [Read More]
Thomas Vandi Gbow: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2018: According to report, about 30 activists last Tuesday staged a protest in front of the ING Bank in Brussels, Belgium, carrying billboards reading: “Stop toxic investments”, “reclaim human rights” and “stop green washing”. The activists, identified as part of a coalition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2018: Former president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma, has finally broken silence since his party lost the presidential and general elections held in March this year. According to report by APC stalwart – Chernor Ojuku Sesay, the former president was yesterday, Friday 26 [Read More]
Theophilus Sahr Gbenda: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2018: Recent developments around land governance and land ownership have left many with an impression that in the next five to ten years in Sierra Leone, issues around land will be a major flash point for bloody conflicts. Focusing on the Freetown [Read More]
Sitta Turay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2018: Try walking on foot in Freetown today and face the hassle from motorists, pickpockets and open gutters with damaged slabs that may cost a broken leg. Traders have occupied the remaining footpaths that illegal structures are yet to occupy. Nothing is more [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2018: Members of the Sierra Leone People’s Party North America Region (SLPPNA) will today converge in Bronx, New York for the party’s 2018 Annual Convention, taking place this weekend. Highlights of the convention include two full days of deliberations, breakout sessions, a stakeholder forum, and [Read More]
Leon Usigbe: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2018: Young Africans celebrate the first fruit of ‘Not Too Young to Run’ Campaign. With few or no opportunities to emerge as candidates for elective offices – because they are too young or because they have limited experience – some young Africans are [Read More]
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