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JALGO concerned about delayed COVID results for public health inspectors
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) says it has sought the intervention of Dunstan Bryan, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health & Wellness, in an effort to ensure that COVID-19 test results for public...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Sierra Leone government’s supplementary budget and the reality of Covid-19 economics
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2020: With an unbelievable 5.4 percent recovered GDP in 2019, which was further projected to grow by 4.2 percent in 2020 but now expected to decline to 3.1 percent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sierra Leone’s policymakers need a new
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Lifting curfew temporarily and retaining restrictions – what is the logic?
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: There has been no vocal advocate and supporter of Sierra Leone's (National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC) than me. I have defended and supported them in public and in privately  and written several articles in support of their
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Andy Anokye aka Solo 45 gets 30 years - Voice Online
ORIGINALLY SENTENCED to 24 years in prison with a licence extension of five years by... The post Andy Anokye aka Solo 45 gets 30 years appeared first on Voice Online.
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ACC has commenced action on 2019 auditor general report – says anti-corruption czar
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2020: There is intense debate and speculation on social media and across the political divide in Sierra Leone, about what should now happen to the findings of the damning report into the government’s mismanagement of the country’s financial affairs, published
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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President Bio is to appoint a resident minister for Freetown
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2020: Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh (Photo above), who is currently acting as President of Sierra Leone in the absence of President Julius Maada Bio whose whereabouts still remain a mystery - after three weeks absence from the country,  yesterday
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Former Sierra Leone rebel leader – Augustine Gbao is released early from prison
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2020: Sierra Leone’s U.N backed tribunal said yesterday, Wednesday it will grant conditional early release to a former rebel leader in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s brutal civil war. (Photo above: A child victim of the rebel
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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School in Sierra Leone takes centre stage at the World Education Week
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2020: One of Sierra Leone’s primary school - the EducAid Maronka Primary School in Port Loko, northern Sierra Leone will next month play a key part in the world’s biggest grassroots online education conference - World Education Week. EducAid Maronka Primary
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Malawi: Former Malawi Veep Malewezi Dies Aged 78
[Nyasa Times] Former vice president Justin Chimera Malewezi has died at the age of 78.
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$10m for backyard garden planting kits - Agri minister says 2,500 households to benefit from initiative
Some $10 million will be allocated to procure 2,500 planting kits under a ‘Say Yes to Fresh Backyard Garden’ Programme that is geared at bolstering the country’s food security and emphasising the importance of eating local produce, noted Floyd...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
African countries must improve good governance and foster national cohesion – says president Bio
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 November 2020: Yesterday, Thursday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio addressed the second annual Pan-African development conference on innovations in agriculture, trade and investment titled: “Creating the Africa, We Want, Creating the Sixth Region We Want – through
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Kitson Town Primary surpasses expectations
Evolving from a non-performing institution that was on the brink of closure, Kitson Town Primary School in St Catherine has made a dramatic turnaround and has honoured four of its top Primary Exit Profile (PEP) performers on Wednesday. The tone of...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Sierra Leone COVID-19 Response Information Hub launched tomorrow
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2020: The Ministry of Information and Communications in collaboration with the Department for Science and Technological Innovation (DSTI), Statistics Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, will tomorrow Friday 7 August 2020, be launching the Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Why schools are central to economic recovery in developing countries like Sierra Leone
Dr. David Moinina Sengeh & Jacob Jusu Saffa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2021: Just over a year ago, Covid-19 drove the world into lockdown, leaving more than one billion children and students in developing countries shut out of school. Many countries cut short the academic year, hundreds
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Rodrigues-Birkett named as Guyana's Permanent Rep. to UN - Stabroek News
Former Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was today named as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The article Rodrigues-Birkett named as Guyana's Permanent Rep. to UN appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Kenya: Top Court Allows Waititu to File More Documents
[Nation] The Supreme Court has allowed former Kiambu county boss Ferdinand Waititu to file more documents in a case where he is seeking clarification on whether a governor's denial of access to office amounts to removal from power.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nurses, govt clash over flexi hours ban
NURSES have objected to the decision by the Health ministry to scrap the flexible working hours system so that they can work for 40 hours a week. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Health secretary Jasper Chimedza on October 19 directed provincial medical directors to resume normal working hours for all
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Cape Town fire guts minister's home, no injuries - De Lille reveals | News24
The Cape Town fire gutted a ministerial home, but there were no injuries, confirms Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Patricia de Lille.
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Pandemonium in Sierra Leone parliament as MPs argue over legality of sitting
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2021: Am emergency sitting of Sierra Leone's parliament taking place at the Bintumani Conference Hall in Aberdeen, Freetown, summoned by president Julius Maada Bio, is at a standstill, as opposition APC MPs are refusing to allow the session to go ahead. Today, and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Van Rooyen only met Bobat once before offering post of special advisor, Zondo Commission hears | News24
The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard how Des van Rooyen only met Mohamed Bobat once prior to becoming finance minister.
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SLFA appoints first female national football coach in Sierra Leone
Sulaiman Stom Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2020: The Sierra Leone Football Association has appointed National Team coaches and other technical staff of the various football categories. This came about after the executive committee adopted the recommendations of the Technical Committee
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio launches 2020 Poppy Day Remembrance Week
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today launched the 2020 Poppy Remembrance Week in honour of all military servicemen and women who lost their lives in the line of duty. Co-Chairman Remembrance Day Planning Committee, Commissioner Rashid Thomas II, said
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
How do you rate president Bio’s three years in office – join the debate now
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2021: President Maada Bio’s “New Direction” SLPP government marks three years in office.  Their manifesto promised to deliver better standard of living for all Sierra Leoneans. During his campaign, the president assured that his administration would not be business
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Rwanda: Genocide Convict Munyagishari Appeal Case Begins on Thursday
[New Times] The Court of Appeal will on Thursday November 12 begin the hearing of an appeal lodged by genocide convict Bernard Munyagishari against the life imprisonment sentence that was handed down by the High Court in 2017.
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Source: allAfrica.com
GHOST BPO - Applicants, HR reps demand answers as call centre targets 1,500 jobseekers
More than 30 applicants shortlisted for customer service and sales representative positions at a ghost call centre have raised an alarm and want the authorities to probe its operations. Some of the hundreds of jobseekers have reportedly paid over...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Mobile unit to provide services for children with disabilities in rural areas
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says it has retrofitted a mobile unit to facilitate assessment and registration of children with disabilities in rural communities.  The services are being provided under the Early...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Nigeria: Oil Price Crash, Covid-19 Hitting Ecological Fund Hard
[Daily Trust] Crash in crude oil price due to COVID-19 and a 35% withdrawal by three government agencies are hitting the Ecological Fund Office hard.
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Sierra Leone’s journalists condemn spread of hate messages on social media
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2020: The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), in a press statement issued last Friday 28 August, 2020, signed by its Secretary General -  Mohamed Asmieu Bah, says that it is concerned about the proliferation of videos, audios, and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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ACC recovers 220 million Leones for inflated costing of 47 laptops meant for covid response
ACC Publicity Office: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 January 2021: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) hereby informs the general public that in addition to the identification and recovery of all 47 Laptops that were stated to be missing in the COVID-19 Audit Report 2020, it has also received the sum
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dr Kandeh Yumkella MP writes Sierra Leone’s Attorney General
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2020: Since his appointment as the new Attorney General and minister of justice of Sierra Leone, Anthony Y. Brewah has not had the opportunity of meeting with parliamentarians to discuss his stewardship, simply because by virtue of the country’s constitutional
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Sierra Leone may soon bring in new land rights law to promote gender and tribal equality and social justice
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President Bio accused of squandering £100,000 of taxpayers’ cash on overseas holiday and money traficking
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“Turn out impressive, process generally orderly and peaceful” – says Koroma, as counting gets underway in Kenyan polls
Three dead in Freetown as Sierra Leone is shutdown by protesters calling for the resignation of President Bio
International community calls for calm in Sierra Leone after hours of deadly protests
Why Sierra Leoneans are happy with challenge to Maada Bio’s bloodshed and bullying – Op ed
Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr calls for peace after deadly protests in Sierra Leone
Opposition APC says it unreservedly condemn all forms of violence
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Market stalls at Abacha Street Market in Freetown destroyed as security forces mount brutal crackdown
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Opposition APC media strongman assasinated as fears grow over return of extra-judicial killings in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone police say Evangelist Samson was killed in crossfire between armed police and ex-combatants
The one-party system of the SLPP-APC coalition: fetus in fetu or Siamese twins?
Sierra Leone –  Nexus of economic hardships, leadership and decolonisation of the political economy – Op ed
Sierra Leone deadly protests – there are two sides to a coin – Op ed
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APC parliamentary leader chericoco takes charge and debunks lies and false allegations against our party – Op ed
President Bio discusses post-riot national healing with tribal heads in Freetown 
Freedom of speech and the crisis of responsibility in Sierra Leone
President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists – Nasralla tells President Bio and politicians to tone down political rhetoric
A lawyer’s legal opinion is far from being an incitement
Mayor Aki-Sawyerr admonishes Youth Ambassadors to promote peace as the foundation for national development 
Majority of Sierra Leoneans are experiencing a climate of fear of political reprisals – Op ed
Nigerians lampoon President Bio over his gun-toting terrorists gaffe
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NACE welcomes Sierra Leone’s Mines and Minerals Development Law but calls for actionable regulations to benefit communities
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New Deputy Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police to be announced
Sierra Leone’s Attorney General and Bank Governor call for criminal charges against Africanist Press for exposing corruption
President Bio accused of prejudicing investigation into Bloody Wednesday
Trigger-happy Retired Brigadier Maada Bio who betrayed his people – Op ed
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Widespread destruction and loss of life in Freetown as heavy rains take its toll
Lives lost and homes destroyed as Freetown experiences heavy rains
Freetown City Council launches market cover project to benefit thousands of women
Cost of air travel to Sierra Leone goes up as government reneges on commitment to ensure security of air passengers
Sierra Leone – Cry, the divided country: where does the buck stop?
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Boosting intra-African trade will power post-COVID-19 recovery and foster food security – says Aissatou Diallo
Voter registration ahead of next year’s elections in Sierra Leone marred by faulty computers
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Voter fraud and elections rigging take place well before polling day in Sierra Leone – Op ed
Former President Koroma discusses voter registration problems with EU Ambassador to Sierra Leone
Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr calls for more devolution to local councils to help manage climate change
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