Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2021: Last Monday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio presided over the launching of the GeoData commissioned by the National Minerals Agency (NMA) and financed by the World Bank. The GeoData maps the vast mineral wealth potential of Sierra Leone. Welcoming participants to the event, Director [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2021: Jewel Cianeh Taylor is one of few women in top political leadership positions in Africa. In this interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor, she discusses Liberia’s COVID-19 response, post-pandemic priorities, women’s empowerment in Africa, youth unemployment and other issues. These are the excerpts: How [Read More]
Paul Kamara (former government minister): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2021: President Bio, my former boss whom I served as Secretary of State or Minister for Lands, Housing and the Environment after his overthrow of his former boss Capt Valentine Strasser, must’ve meant well even then to fight corruption; but [Read More]
Olusegun Akinfenwa: 25 May 2021: For decades Africa has been plagued by devastating armed conflicts that continuously hinder it from assuming its potential despite being richly endowed with many natural and mineral resources. These seemingly unending crises have a strong link to arms proliferation, which is another perennial challenge in [Read More]
Alusine Bah (Young P): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2021: Once upon a time Koinadugu and Falaba were among districts known as the breadbasket of Sierra Leone. Because of their propensity to attract people from different parts of the country, they were also known as “the land of powerful mixtures” [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 May 2021: President of Kingho Energy Group, Colin Ding has promised to optimise the Tonkolili Iron Ore grade from 52% to more than 65% so that the company’s product will be globally competitive. Mr Ding made this statement during a community engagement ceremony held in Bumbuna [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 May 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner – Mr Francis Ben Kaifala is coming under fierce attack from many who say that he has lost focus in his fight against corruption in the country. Critics say that the ACC Czar has evolved from being the man that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 May 2021: Sierra Leone’s Inspector General of Police – Ambrose Sovula (Photo above), last week suspended four senior police officers in his watch for alleged corruption and misconduct. The country’s Head of Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Chief Superintendent John K. Alpha was suspended along with his [Read More]
Rise: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2021: In his State Opening of Parliament address last Tuesday in Freetown, President Julius Maada Bio announced Sierra Leone will become the Lead Facilitator of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution on access to justice for survivors of sexual violence. Sexual violence is [Read More]
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