Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2021: No single political party in Sierra Leone has a majority in parlaiment. The current make up of the country’s parliament is as follows: APC – 58 Members SLPP – 58 Members C4C – 8 Members NGC – 4 Members Independent [Read More]
James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2021: Sierra Leone government’s advanced plan to build a $55m Chinese-funded fishmeal processing factory on Black Johnson estuary in Freetown will deliver a catastrophic blow to the quest for national food security, devastate pristine fish-breeding sites and destroy the already humbled artisanal fishing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2021: Yesterday at State House in Freetown, newly appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, Deputy Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, and the Deputy Minister of Technical and Higher Education swore their oath of office to President Bio. Mr. Hindolo Buakai Bindi, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2021: Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched its DeveloPPP Ventures that aims to empower local Kenayn start-ups by providing grant support of up to €100,000 for each qualifying entrepreneur. The programme is being delivered through a match funding model, whereby DEG – Deutsche Investitions- [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: Diana Konomanyi, a former minister of lands and later minister of local government in the Ernest Bai Koroma APC government, who was accused and found guilty of corruption by a Commission of Inquiry established by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the affairs of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: The 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report, COVID-19 in Africa One Year On: Impact and Prospects, outlines how recovery from the pandemic provides an opportunity to define and drive a new growth model for the African continent. Launched by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation ahead of the 2021 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday said it has filed corruption indictment against Paul Sobba Massaquoi, Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA); Peter Joseph Menjor, Acting Director of Procurement, SLMA; Fodie U.K Dabor, the Acting Director of Finance, SLMA; Hartwell Williams, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The IMF Executive Board has approved an immediate disbursement of about US$ 14.4 million to The Gambia to help meet the country’s financing needs and support the post-pandemic recovery. According to the IMF, “The authorities deserve praise for the strong performance under the IMF-supported [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Tanzania have signed loan agreements totalling $140 million to finance the construction of the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant in Western Tanzania. The agreements cover a $120 million sovereign loan from the Bank and $20 million [Read More]
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