The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2014 In an environment of poverty, injustice and lack of political will for reform, Boko Haram’s growing strength and dissemination is increasingly putting local and regional stability at risk. In its latest report, ‘Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency’, the International [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2014 When president Koroma of Sierra Leone visited Abu Dhabi in January 2014, he held talks with the government of the United Arab Emirates, aimed at exploring economic cooperation between the two nations. Key sectors of the economy of Sierra Leone, such as fishing, [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 April 2014 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved support for Sierra Leone’s efforts to create a strong social safety net system, that it says will assist poor and vulnerable households, beginning with a pilot program covering four districts and 12,000 households. When [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 March 2014 African countries have some of the highest rates of mortality among adults, children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. This is partly caused by poor access to healthcare and cost-effective medicines. But all this is about to change, with the announcement today by Glaxo [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2014 A new, fast, reliable and secure immigration control Solution based on integrated platforms, software and services is set to enhance security of border check points. The new system will significantly reduce waiting times through automated document verification and border control systems Gemalto (Euronext), [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2014 The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Monday 24th March, officially opened its fifth Africa regional technical assistance centre (AFRITAC) in Ghana, offering capacity building services to six countries across Western Africa. This fulfills the IMF’s commitment to extend the AFRITAC network to serve [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2014 More than 500 decision makers met in Lagos today – 25th March 2014, to discuss strategies that could help bridge Africa’s infrastructure investment divide. Jim O’Neill – an economist, who coined the ‘BRIC’ and ‘MINT’ acronyms, declares the African infrastructure divide, ‘both a defining [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2014 A new report published last week by the World Bank Group and The ONE Campaign, says that tackling the pervasive inequality faced by women farmers across Africa is critical, if the continent is to reduce poverty, boost economic growth and feed its growing [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2014 Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown came to a standstill yesterday evening, as the nation laid former president Alhaji Ahmed Tejan Kabba to rest. He passed away two weeks ago, aged 82. Thousands lined up the streets of the capital to watch the funeral cortege led [Read More]
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