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Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Sierra Leone
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi visited Freetown during May 8–21 to carry out discussions for the 2013 Article IV consultation and for a three-year economic and financial program that could be supported by the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The mission held discussions with Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Kaifala ...
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African Minerals welcomes 175 International Marathon Runners to Sierra Leone
175 runners from 12 countries around the world will be arriving at Lungi airport in the next few days to participate in the second annual Sierra Leone ...
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As Freetown gets Filthier …MASSADA to Replace Freetown Waste Management Company
By Christopher Koker: Political Analyst & Commentator TOO MUCH OF ONE THING IS GOOD FOR NOTHING! This goes to underscore the fact that leadership and responsibility-mindedness are inseparable; and that indeed, responsibility- mindedness, is the hallmark of good and thus responsible leadership. The Freetown City Council, through the Agency of the FREETOWN WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, has been ...
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Short-Term Impacts or Quick Fixes Can No Longer Be Tolerated
Water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has been identified by government under pillar three of the "Agenda for Prosperity" as pivotal in promoting social growth and economic empowerment among Sierra Leoneans. In this regard, therefore, His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said at the official opening session of the two-day conference on Water Sanitation and Hygiene at the Bintumani ...
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Sierra Leone Not All Sierra Leoneans Enjoy Economic Growth Benefits
Sierra Leone has one of the world's fastest growing economies, according to an International Monetary Fund report. But the post-civil war boom has not yet brought benefits for everyone. Residents of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wake up every day to the thudding sounds of construction work. Ten years ago, noise like this signified another bloody day in the country's civil ...
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Airtel faces licence suspension in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's third largest mobile operator in terms of subscriptions Airtel may see the suspension of its operating licence, after the country's watchdog the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) gave the telco 21 days notice - effective 13 May 2013 - to improve its services. According to ...
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Liberia Health Workers On Go-Slow
Finance and Health Ministers Amara Konneh and Walter Gwenigale have been summoned to appear before the Senate plenary Thursday, May 23, 2013 to answer why health workers in Grand Kru County have not received their three months' pay. The decision to summon the two ministers was reached Tuesday, following a complaint by a Grand Kru County Senator, Peter Coleman that health workers in that ...
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Liberia Block the Road
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered the Minister of Public Works to block the Samuel K. Doe (S.K.D) Boulevard road. President Johnson-Sirleaf ordered that the road be blocked to vehicles and other activities to allow speedy construction of the road. "Mr. Public Work Minister, block the roadso you can get the job done; you can't be trying to pave the road and you've ...
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Liberia Ellen Orders SKD Boulevard Closed
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has ordered Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, to close the SKD Boulevard Road currently under renovation in Paynesville to traffic in order to avoid ongoing works obstructed and delayed by cars and pedestrians. "Mr. Minister [Samuel Kofi Woods], block the road so you can get the work done! You can't be building the road and you have people ...
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Liberia Press Union of Liberia Position On the President Sirleafs Double Standard On Press Freedom in Liberia
Fellow Colleagues, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the events of the last 18 days have been well documented. On May 3, 2013, members of the Liberian media assembled in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to observe World Press Freedom Day, a day declared by the United Nations to remind member states about the need for a free, independent and pluralistic media. But it was also to pay tribute to ...
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Her pink skies will keep me warm
Today's the day! I'm sitting at gate C30 at the Philadelphia International Airport, trying to cool down because I've been running around like a madman all morning. I have begun my journey to Sierra Leone, where I will spend the next seven weeks. The journey began with a daredevil attempt to get my last taste of Buffalo wings and fries for almost two months with my gas tank on E, ...
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Liberia Govt Publishes Landmark Resource Audit but Needs to Address Findings
Publication of a full audit of how Liberia awarded its resource concessions between 2009 and 2011 is a global first, said campaigning watchdog Global Witness today. ...
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Sierra Leone has a challenge on its hands
Sierra Leone is relatively unknown on the international stage, it is a tiny country of just 6 million people, perched on the edge of West Africa with its coastline gazing out into the Atlantic, a body of ocean that has played as important a part in the country’s history as the natural resources that have brought the state such infamy.
Sierra Leone, unfortunately, is known abroad, for those that have heard of the country, as a war-torn little state where social cohesion and everything that goes with it has collapsed entirely. World headlines in the 1990s were filled, appropriately, with stories of the civil war raging in the country at a time when the Revolutionary United Front was trying to overthrow the military dictatorship headed by Joseph Momoh. Read more
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