The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 January 2014 A government that does not respect press freedom cares very little about the civil liberty and human rights of its people. President Koroma of Sierra Leone is now displaying all the hallmarks of a communist style despot. (Photo: Former rebel leader – Johnny [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 January 2014 Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), came close to annihilating itself last year, following its defeat at the polls in 2012 and the leadership battle that enraged within its senior rank. The argument and rancour which erupted, [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2014 If the saying ‘never burn your bridges, for you do not know whether you will need them to return’ is ever so true, Thursday’s meeting of political party leaders at State House – courtesy of president Koroma, tells you why. But is this [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2014 Many Sierra Leoneans are wondering and concerned about the whereabouts and fate of the crew of the local passenger boat, which was struck by a foreign vessel hired by a mining company on the 28th December 2013. Dozens of people including children travelling [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 January 2014 January 6th will always be remembered by Sierra Leoneans old enough to have experienced the worst forms of brutality, that humans are capable of inflicting on their own. For it was on the 6th January 1999, that rebels made up of Foday Sankoh’s [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 January 2014 It is the first week of 2014 and the capacity of government to deliver its ambitious Agenda for Prosperity, has been severely damaged by another volcanic eruption within State House. Barely three days after president Koroma thought he had firmly laid down the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 January 2014 President Koroma has delivered his 2014 New Year’s address to the people of Sierra Leone. And as is traditional, he announced his resolution for 2014, prompting questions about his achievement of last year’s resolution, as well as raising expectations. Today, he called for [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2013 This year’s Christmas will be remembered by most Sierra Leoneans for all the wrong reasons – economic hardship, lack of access to clean safe drinking water, poor sanitation, and rising youth unemployment. With over 60% of the population still struggling after 50 years [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2013 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$40 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA), to help Sierra Leone reduce poverty and expand economic growth. The finance will help establish a strong national electricity distribution utility with better technical [Read More]
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