Yusuf Keketoma Sandi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 The former head of state of the Republic of Sierra Leone and 2012 Presidential Candidate of the SLPP – Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, met members of the Kono District Development Association (KDDA) in London last Saturday, 10th May. The [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2014 The US government yesterday issued a press and public statement, announcing fraud warning and fake Kimberley process certificates, suspected of being issued by corrupt government officials and diamond dealers in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Sierra Leone’s brutal ten year civil war, which saw [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 A statement released yesterday by the World Bank’s office in Freetown, is seriously calling into question – the Koroma government’s capability and capacity to manage the affairs of the country. (Photo: Not so energetic and focussed president Koroma). Also in the news, this [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 West Africa’s future as a competitive economic bloc, requires new solutions in power technology and investment, to improve energy access and enable the implementation of an ambitious infrastructure programme, according to Standard Bank Group. Policymakers, regional governments and investors are grappling with methods [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2014 It seems the whole world is now waking up and getting ready for concerted and decisive offensive against Boko Haram, after abducting 200 schoolgirls in north-eastern Nigeria, whom they are now threatening to sell into slavery, contrary to Islamic principles. Boko Haram is [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2014 Sierra Leone’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Samura Kamara (Photo: centre), arrived in the United Arab Emirates last Monday to attend the Abu Dhabi ASCENT Climate Change meeting, and to discuss trade, investment opportunities and bilateral relations with the UAE government. The [Read More]
Elias Bangura The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2014 The parliamentary committee on mines and mineral resources was in the Koinadugu district on a three-day working visit last week, where they inspected and discussed mining activities in the district, especially companies engaged in exploration. Following recent clashes and violent confrontation [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2014 Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Chief – Joseph Kamara (Photo) has faced fierce criticisms recently, after several botched corruption investigations, and failure to consistently win court cases involving top officials in the Koroma government. Critics say that he is impotent to act strongly and decisively [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2014 The Africa Progress Panel will release its annual Africa Progress Report at the ‘World Economic Forum on Africa’, which will be held in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday, 8th May 2014. The theme of this year’s report is ‘Grain, Fish, Money – Financing Africa’s [Read More]
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