Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2016 Since the turn of this Century, the debate, aspiration and expectation of many in very poor African countries like Sierra Leone, is to become a middle income country by 2025. With daily income per capita of about $1.50 and high illiteracy, most countries on [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2016 Since her appointment as minister of social welfare, gender and children’s affairs early this year, there have been immense debate and speculation as to how Dr Sylvia Blyden would handle the controversial issue of female circumcision. Would she be swayed by the vociferous campaign [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2016 Members of the Board of Directors and the entire Management team of the African Achievers Awards, have selected the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone – Mr. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) as recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Leadership Award. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2016 Last month, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced that no African leader has been good enough to win the 2015 mouth watering $5 million Mo Ibrahim Award. (Photo: Koroma – right, with Nigeria’s president Buhari – left). 2015 is the fifth year in the last [Read More]
Theo Veldsman – University of Johannesburg Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 July 2016 There is a pressing need for intelligent leaders who are able to deal effectively with today’s challenges and demands – and those of the future. But intelligence alone is not sufficient. It is simply a “blunt” tool that enables leaders [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2016 The Sierra Leone Telegraph has been reliably informed by government sources in Freetown that, the kidnapped deputy high commissioner to Nigeria – Alfred Claude Nelson-Williams has today been released. It is not clear whether any ransom was paid. But it is understood that the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2016 It is seventy-two hours since the former head of Sierra Leone’s military and now the deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, was reported to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the Abuja – Kaduna Highway in northern Nigeria, yet no word has been heard [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2016 “Growth is expected to recover moderately in 2016, with average inflation edging up slightly, driven mainly by further exchange rate depreciation. However, budget implementation is expected to be even more challenging than in 2015, given the expected decline in budget support and constrained domestic [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 July 2016 The government of Sierra Leone has this afternoon confirmed the report of the kidnapping of the former head of Sierra Leone’s military, who is currently serving in Nigeria as the country’s Deputy High Commissioner. Nigerian police have told reporters that he was kidnapped [Read More]
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