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MDAs attend seminar to help improve public service delivery in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, yesterday engaged with key officers of ten government departments, agencies parastatals, commissions and state-owned enterprises, in a one-day seminar aimed at helping MDAs  accelerate effective
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank urges customers to use Visa and mobile banking
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: As the world moves gradually away from use of paper currency to cashless transactions, which carry the convenience of safety and security from theft, management of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the country’s largest profitable financial service provider has
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
With 150, 000 Dead and Polls in Free Fall, Trump Seeks a Culture War
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won the popular vote over Trump by 2.8 million votes. Trump’s poll numbers in vital battleground states are in freefall and he continues to
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Dr Sylvia Blyden’s contempt of court hearing quashed
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 July 2020: The sacking of the former Attorney General of Sierra Leone – Dr Priscilla Schwartz, has brought into sharp focus, many of the mistakes she made as minister of justice responsible for advising the government, as well as deciding which crimes allegedly committed
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
My government will provide nurses with two sets of uniforms free of charge – said president Bio
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio was in Bo, southern Sierra Leone yesterday, where he visited the newly refurbished Covid-19 care and treatment facilities, and distributed much needed equipment and uniforms to healthcare workers. Praising the interventions of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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President Bio unveils Digital Health Learning Platforms for healthcare workers in Bonthe
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: In Mattru Jong, Bonthe District in Southern Sierra Leone yesterday, Friday 3 July 2020 , President Dr Julius Maada Bio introduced a Mobile Training and Support (MOTS) digital learning platform, whilst also unveiling the pilot distribution of laboratory equipment
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Mob justice has no place in Sierra Leone madam Fatima Bio must take note
Yankuba Kai Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2020: Mob justice undermines the rule of law and makes the work of our police more difficult. Standing next to her husband the president of Sierra Leone, Mrs Fatima Jabbie Bio two days ago,  called on people to strip naked and [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
55 years of failed promises -  finally the criminal libel law of Sierra Leone is close to repeal
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone telegraph: 21 July 2020: It was 55 years ago, under the SLPP Government led by Prime Minister Albert Margai, when the Public Order Act of 1965 was introduced in Sierra Leone, with some very strong condemnation of the sections relating to the Criminal Libel Law. Many
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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The Sword of The Black Press | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After graduating from Georgia State in 1972, Gantt was awarded a graduate fellowship to enroll at the Washington Journalism Center. While there, he worked as a U.S. Capitol correspondent, reporter and documentary producer for National Public Radio. His 1973 documentary about gospel
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Palo Conteh treason verdict  I salute the Jury – Op ed
Cornelius Deveaux: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: Certainly, right thinking Sierra Leoneans and by extension the wider citizenry, will be appalled by a post on the official Facebook page of the SLPP government Ministry of Information and Communications, intending to purport that Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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EU and Ireland provide 1.5 Million Euros  to help tackle COVID-19 across districts in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai yesterday Tuesday, launched the “Team Europe Initiative” aimed at supporting decentralized COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone. The “Team Europe Initiative” will support and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Open letter to President Julius Maada Bio about official report on the massacre of prisoners
Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: In our press release dated 4th May 2020, we accentuated our horror and concern over the brutal intervention of heavily armed State House Presidential guards who opened fire on unarmed prisoners and prison guards with assault
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
OP-ED: The stuff of Dreams — MLK goes right on marching | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply going off to the store, going out for a jog and or being stopped at a traffic light. This must end.
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Portrait of former president Koroma brought to court at Dr Blyden’s libel trial
Gabriel Kai Moses: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: A portrait of the Former President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma was today, Tuesday June 30th 2020, tendered in evidence at the Freetown Magistrate Court No. 1 by the State in support of its libel allegations against one [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
We must overhaul our education systems
Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The educational systems in Sierra Leone have been monumental failures. It is obvious. The festering poverty of Sierra Leoneans sitting on top  of some of the wealthiest marketable natural resources in the world is a gnawing pointer
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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LIVESTREAM — #SaveLocalJournaism #10: THE BLACK PRESS SAVING BLACK LIVES | BlackPressUSA
How many times per day/week/month/year do you encounter the expression, the leading cause of death? Those words are usually preceded by a health status, living condition, economic condition or age range. But the reality is that those statements are nearly always conditioned differently if youre
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM MON. 7.13.20 1PM ET: REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ | BlackPressUSA
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM MON. 7.13.20 1PM: REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-NY) — After high school, Alexandria attended Boston University and graduated with degrees in Economics and International Relations. During this period she also had the opportunity to work in the office of the late Senator Ted
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White man allegedly posed as a protester to vandalize buildings in Minneapolis | BlackPressUSA
ROLLING OUT — The video, posted by Twitter user @dyllyp, shows a White man, dressed in all-black with a gas mask on his face, knocking out windows at an AutoZone in Minneapolis. Many believe that he helped to start the vandalism that turned into chaos on the night of May 28.
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Palo Conteh should never have been charged with treason
Yankuba Kai Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: No jury should convict a man  when the prosecution blocked vital material evidence that could exonerate him. This was what I wrote two days before the jury reached their verdict. The Paopa government supporters who had already convicted Paola
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Police Have a License to Kill - The New Journal and Guide
The Graham decision in 1989 changed the focus—from the individual citizen to the police officer. The Court interpreted the Fourth Amendment to protect police officers, not black people. Continue reading Police Have a License to Kill at The New Journal and Guide .
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Dr Sylvia Blyden to appear in court today charged with ten counts of seditious libel
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare, and journalist – Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, who was arrested on the 1st of May 2020 by heavily armed police who broke into her home, after criticising the president for his approach in handling the coronavirus
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Fresh Salone to start exporting vegetables to European markets
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2020: Last Friday, the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA) and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) visited one of Sierra Leone’s newest farm produce exporting companies - Fresh Salone (SL) Ltd in Kobbaya, Kaffu Bollum
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: Democracy was at work in Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, when the main opposition APC party, led by  Honourable Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah voted against two of the eight presidential nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for MPs approval. The
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.15.20 3PM ET — CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS (D-FL) | BlackPressUSA
#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.15.20 3PM ET During her 27-year career she served in virtually every department, including serving as Commander of the Special Operations, where she was responsible for some of Orlando’s highest profile tasks, including special events and dignitary protection. In 2007, Val
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China’s Kingho Investment to start shipment of iron ore in Sierra Leone by December 2020
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone telegraph: 18 July 2020: As first Shipment expected in October to December 2020, Kingho Investment says it will employ over 2000 Sierra Leoneans to revamp iron ore mining in Tonkolili District. At the peak of a global pandemic which has ravaged economies of all
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Pavi Fort SL helps 16 Districts in Sierra Leone to Combat COVID-19
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort Construction Company in Sierra Leone, Alimou Barrie, has joined the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the country with a resolve to complement Government’s efforts. Out of selflessness and his passion
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Eighty-percent of properties in Freetown to pay Le500,000 or less rates – says mayor
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2020: Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr on Monday, engaged a cross section of the city’s Krio Community, including the representative Krio Descendants Union, “to address concerns and provide clarification about Freetown City Council’s (FCC) property rates and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone call for investigation into killing of unarmed youths in Makeni
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2020: There are reports from Sierra Leone that the president has instructed the country’s Office of National Security (ONS) to lead what the government refer to as an 'independent investigation' into the rioting which took place last saturday in the northern city of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
President Bio is determined to guarantee press freedom in Sierra Leone
SL Ministry of Information: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: Guaranteeing press freedom, promoting and protecting the rights of journalists, giving oxygen of  publicity to the voices of reasoning, and making the country compete with other civilized democratic nations, His Excellency President
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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