Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2019: Vickie Remoe was born in Sierra Leone, but left the country in 1994 during the time of a civil war that retarded the growth of the nation. As a child Remoe had no choice except to leave because her mother, a diplomat, had just [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2019: Sierra Leone has joined several other nations to present a 2nd Voluntary National Review Report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the on-going High-Level Political Forum 2019 at the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking on behalf of stakeholders in government, [Read More]
Barton Cole: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2019: It’s difficult for people who have never had to contend with having no access to treated water to imagine a city running dry. I have been called a doom monger and an alarmist for calling attention to just that. Yesterday, I heard [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic situation remains challenging despite bold policy measures, according to the authors of a new World Bank Economic Update on Sierra Leone, published today. The second edition of the Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) was launched today by the World Bank at [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: President Bio’s government has taken the bold step of launching the ambitious Lungi Bridge project to link Lungi with the Freetown mainland. This project has received rave reviews from most government supporters and derision from opposition quarters. It is disconcerting to note [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2019: Corruption is hindering Africa’s economic, political and social development. It is a major barrier to economic growth, good governance and basic freedoms, such as freedom of speech or citizens’ right to hold governments to account, according to the latest Global Corruption Barometer – Africa [Read More]
CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2019: There is widespread and systematic corruption within the banking sector in Sierra Leone. There is evidence to suggest that regular and widespread criminality has been committed by the financial services industry for several years. Chiefly among which, is the lack of due diligence [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2019: Sierra Leone’s railway was a national asset that was stolen from its people. Before Sierra Leone’s national railway was finally shut down in 1975 by the APC government of president Siaka P. Stevens, it passed through 49 train stations – all connected by an [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2019: The ninth edition of the flagship Assessing Regional Integration in Africa report (ARIA IX) was launched on 6 July 2019 at the African Business Forum in Niamey, Niger. Titled ‘Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the report argues that AfCFTA’s [Read More]
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