1 February 2012 “Time is short. And various options come to mind. One such option is to demand that the Police, including its paramilitary wing, do not carry live arms both in the run-up to and during the elections. Another option is to demand that they reform and correct themselves [Read More]
Abdul R Thomas – Editor, The Sierra Leone Telegraph 31 January 2012 As the people of Sierra Leone prepare to go to the polls in November, the debate as to whether president Koroma has done enough in tackling the country’s economic woes to deserve a second term in office is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2012 The Nobel Prize laureate – Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was today named chair of the African effort to end malaria deaths in the continent. She assumed the chair of the ‘African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)’ from President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of the United [Read More]
Abdul R Thomas – Editor – The Sierra Leone Telegraph 29 January 2012 Ten years ago, I discovered the music of Samuel – Coleridge Taylor, whilst driving on the M1 Motorway to London from Leeds, on a very quiet and wintry Sunday morning. It was not until the end of a [Read More]
Austin Thomas 29 January 2012 “Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.”- Cherie Carter-Scott. Time and time again, when we look at history critically, [Read More]
27 January 2012 State House, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) have met with Principals and Heads of Tertiary Education Institutions, to discuss the need for those working in the sector to agree and sign Performance Contracts with the President. The meeting was also attended [Read More]
27 January 2012 The World Bank has today boosted the efforts of the government of Sierra Leone in tackling poverty, by approving a US$24 million funding package, under the fifth Governance Reform and Growth Credit (GRGC) Programme. The funding will help president Koroma pursue economic growth and implement necessary structural [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2012 The World Bank has appointed Mr. Yusupha B. Crookes as Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. His appointment takes effect from 1st March, 2012. Yusupha will be based at the World Bank’s Office in Accra. Yusupha – a Gambian national, joined the [Read More]
25 January 2012 Report from State House says that the minister of Energy and Water Resources – Professor Ogunlade Davidson, has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect. Although sources at State House did not confirm the reason for the minister’s dismissal, observers say that his sacking may not [Read More]
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