Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula, says Isabella Epiu, writing in theconversation.com, after conducting a research study on the cost-effectiveness of obstetric fistula repair in the East African region. This is her report: [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: Entrepreneurship provides many women in Africa with an opportunity to earn an income and establish themselves in business. But they tend to start from a lower base than their male counterparts, with less start-up and investment capital, and little or no collateral security. Writing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has stood firm against weeks of street protests over inflation and rampant corruption. Although the Sudanese have a long history of overthrowing unpopular regimes, writing in theconversation.com Martin Plaut explains why the prospects of a repeat are narrow this time [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2019: When its bloody civil war ended in 2002, Sierra Leone introduced a number of laws designed to protect women and girls against violence. But, as Luisa T Schneider sets out why in theconversation.com, these laws haven’t made women feel much safer – and that’s [Read More]
Chief Dr. Saio S. Marrah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing” (Albert Einstein). Sierra Leone is a post-conflict and fragile state riddled with economic hardship and youth [Read More]
Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: Following a statement published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation last week, Dr Mo Ibrahim commented yesterday, 8 January 2019, on the unfolding political situation in Sudan. The Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said, “70 % of the budget [Read More]
State House Freetown: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: The former Head of State, Valentine Strasser is alive and still admitted at the Aspen Medical Hospital in Freetown. Following the Executive Clearance by His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: The Commissioner of the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) – Francis Ben Kaifala and his Directors, yesterday met with the newly appointed Chief Justice – Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, at his Law Court Buildings in Freetown, to strengthen ties between the ACC and the office [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: Sierra Leone’s former head of the military regime which overthrew the APC government of president Joseph Saidu Momoh in 1992 – Captain valentine Strasser, is seriously ill at the Aspen Medical Hospital in the capital Freetown, where he was visited last Saturday, 5th January, [Read More]
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