Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2021: Figures published by the African Development Bank, show that Sierra Leone’s economy has been seriously hurt by the COVID–19 pandemic, with real GDP estimated to contract by 2.7% in 2020 after growing by 5.4% in 2019. The decline is attributable to weak external demand [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2021: The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) says it has committed to provide $217 million in debt financing for a new 83-megawatt power plant to be established in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This is equivalent to the entire capacity of the Bumbuna Hydro-electricity Plant [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), has charged Gibrilla Kamara, a Western Area Urban DICOVERC Mobilization Officer and Michael Abdulai, also a Western Area Urban DICOVERC Mobilization Officer to court on three counts of corruption offences involving; conspiracy to commit a corruption offence, contrary to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2021: The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) 13th U.S.-Africa Business Summit starts today via teleconferencing, and ends on 29 July. The Summit is CCA’s flagship conference that is considered essential for those doing business on the continent as well as the U.S. and African leaders [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2021: Last Friday, five pupils graduated from the Freetown City Council’s (FCC) Early Learning Adventure-Congo Water Market, in Wellington – first of the FCC’s pre-school centres for children of market women. A few months ago, at the start of the academic year, FCC enrolled 40 [Read More]
Osman Bikal Kamara NRM): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2021: We, in the National Reformation Movement (NRM) in the All People’s Congress, welcome the H.E Ernest Bai Koroma-led executive’s notice of compliance with the orders of the High Court of Sierra Leone. What most attracted us in the press release [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2021: Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress Party (APC) is at serious risk of imploding, following last week’s fracas outside the party office where the leaders of the party refused to allow senior party grandees – Dr Abdulai Conteh, former speak of parliament – [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday departed Sierra Leone for London, where he will be attending the Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025, scheduled for 28 – 29 July. The President is attending the world’s biggest education conference on the invitation of British Prime [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2021: There are hundreds if not thousands of cases that the courts in Sierra Leone have passed judgement on over the years, that are still awaiting enforcement by a police force few in the country have faith in when it comes to upholding justice and [Read More]
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