Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2024: ECOWAS conference on the dangers posed by the use of autonomous weapons systems on the peace and security of the region, opened in Freetown yesterday, where president Bio spoke about his government’s commitment towards a global treaty. Delivering his opening address at the two-day [Read More]
Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2024: Amidst the hustle and bustle of Freetown, darkness descended like a sinister shroud, casting a shadow over the lives of its citizens. The persistent power outage, touted as a mere glitch by the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), is, in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2024: The controversial Speaker of Sierra Leone’s parliament, Dr Abass Bundu has tendered his resignation to President Bio, which he says is due to “illness”. But tension has been mounting between Dr Bundu and President Julius Maada Bio, after Bio’s nomination of opposition MP – [Read More]
Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (what a man!): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2024: In Sierra Leone’s current political landscape, the presence of a proverbial “elephant in the room” cannot be ignored. This figurative elephant represents the critical issue of the persistent refusal of the country’s electoral commission to publish the results [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2024: No one in Sierra Leone takes the performance contracts signed by government ministers seriously anymore, after the failure of successive governments to transparently and honestly publish the annual performance of each ministry and their heads, to show how effectively public funds are being utilised, [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh (The Fox): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2024: President Julius Maada Bio’s recent actions and appointments are pushing Sierra Leone dangerously close to the brink of tribal and regional division. The chain of command displayed in a letter approving a campaign against Kush by the House of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2024: A statement published by the World Food Programme (WFP) last week, says that nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa including Sierra Leonen, will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, according to the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé food [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2024: Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the winning cities of its new Youth Climate Action Fund. Freetown and Bo will be two of the 100 cities announced as beneficiaries of the fund. To lead the charge on local climate solutions, each mayor will receive $50,000 to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2024: The 2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition invites agrifood entrepreneurs from across Africa to showcase their startup business ventures. Judges will be looking for innovative founders and co-founders aged 18-35 with the vision to establish sustainable scalable businesses, drive resilience, increase food security, and create [Read More]
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