Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2023: President Bio of Sierra Leone has this morning declared curfew as the country’s military and armed police take to the streets to stabilise the capital, following an attempted coup by unknown persons. Addressing the nation through his Facebook page, president Bio whose whereabout is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2023: Attempts at unseating Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio continue in the early hours of this Sunday morning, when a group of unknown soldiers and police officers broke into the capital’s main ammunition stores at the Wilberforce Barracks, taking away heavy weapons. Gunshots were [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 November 2023: President Bio has officially welcomed members of the Cross-Party National Elections Review Committee which has been set up in line with the peace accord signed by the ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC last month, marking the end of hostilities between the two [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2023: Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against [Read More]
Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights abuse had dramatically [Read More]
Funmi Adewara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: Founder and CEO of Mobihealth International, Funmi Adewara, leverages the diaspora and local doctors to deliver telemedicine and digital health services to underserved populations. My name is Funmi Adewara, a Nigerian-British medical doctor. I was born and brought up in the northern [Read More]
Alice Ruhweza: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: The Africa Climate Summit took place from September 4-6 in Nairobi, Kenya, amid climate challenges and opportunities. The confluence of climate shocks, nature loss, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine has eroded much of Africa’s development gains. Yet, [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: Antonio Pedro, the acting executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, recently discussed Africa’s development with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor. Mr. Pedro highlights the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for African economies, the promise of carbon credits [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: A joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today highlights an alarming rise in measles cases, disruptive outbreaks and deaths in 2022. Measles cases globally in 2022 are reported to have [Read More]
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