Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 April 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday officially announced the formal closure of the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) Threshold Programme funded by the US government in 2015. The $44.4 million threshold programme was aimed at improving access to clean water, reliable electricity, and support [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2021: This call for proposals under the Agro-Technology development Initiative is launched by the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone. It is a uniquely competitive opportunity being offered to Sierra Leonean organizations and SMEs seeking to develop and/or expand sustainable agro-processing and agribusiness innovation and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2021: The United States Embassy in Freetown, yesterday issued a public notice informing that the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ordered the reduction of visa sanctions on Sierra Leone, in recognition of the Government of Sierra Leone’s increased assistance in facilitating the [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2021: As Sierra Leoneans we can be quite fickle and so easily manipulated by politicians for their own political ends and personal interests. We are in real danger of elevating the political brouhaha over the Mayor of Freetown’s unfortunate and unguarded comments into [Read More]
Dr. Dennis Bright: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2021: The news in Sierra Leone today is dominated by allegations and counter-allegations of big time corruption in high places. Meanwhile the ordinary man or woman in this country continues to suffer big time from the rising cost of living and an [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2021: With many countries continuing to struggle to overcome the human and economic devastation from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened a meeting of world leaders yesterday, Monday, 29 March 2021, urging the international community to take additional and urgent action to ensure a robust [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2021: Africanist Press editors – Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman last night published another shocking report of alleged unbridled corruption and abuse of office by president Bio and his wife Mrs Fatima Bio. According to this latest expose by the Africanist [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) continues to lead the response to the Freetown Susan Bay fire disaster that consumed the homes of thousands of slum dwellers. The incident has been classified as a level two national disaster, prompting massive humanitarian support from [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2021: It would have made life much easier for Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr if she had not made those statements captured on audio that seem to have got her into hot waters. On the face of it, many have considered her tribe-related references inappropriate. [Read More]
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