Stom Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: The streets of Freetown are busy this morning. Everybody is rushing either to go to the banks to withdraw cash, supermarket to buy provisions, bus station to travel or local market for foodstuffs. The prices of food items have risen like a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: Mrs. Fatmata Edna Kargbo, who until recently was president Bio’s State Chief of Protocol and Ambassador-at-Large, accused of corruption when she appeared in a video in a church in Nigeria boasting of building a house after taking up public office, has today been exonerated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: In compliance with its own measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Sierra Leone’s ministry of information and communication held its first video conference press briefing ysterday, on the latest actions and decisions taken by the government in combating the coronavirus. Both ministries [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: The U.S. Government has announced that it is leading the world’s humanitarian and health assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mobilizing all necessary resources to respond rapidly, both at home and abroad. The State Department and USAID are providing an initial investment of nearly [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: Yesterday, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its fourth review of Guinea’s economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). It said that completion of this review has enabled it to immediately disburse about US$23.5 million, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: Yesterday, Sierra Leone’s ministers of information and health gave a joint press briefing about the current status of the government’s preparedness in stemming the transmission and spread of COVID-19 across the wider population. But the country’s medics say that the government hasn’t gone far [Read More]
NGC Media Team: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 April 2020: Following on Hon Kandeh Yumkella’s COVID-19 sensitisation tour of his constituency, 062 Samu Chiefdom, where he addressed over 10,000 residents, the NGC has embarked on a massive nationwide effort to provide Veronica buckets to markets across the country. The party identified [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 April 2020: Sierra Leone will be on a three days lockdown starting from Sunday, 5th April. This decision comes as the country records its second case of coronavirus. According to reports, the defence minister and Covid-19 coordinator – Retired Brigadier Kellie Conteh said that – Sunday, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 April 2020: Sierra Leone’s minister of health – Dr Alpha Wurie has in the last hour confirmed on national TV that a second person has been infected with the coronavirus, but not connected to the index case announced by president Bio yesterday. This second person has [Read More]
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