Dauda Yillah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2024: In his thought-provoking piece “Has Democracy Lost Its Utility?”, published just days ago in the Sierra Leone Telegraph, Abdulai Mansaray raises a critical question: “Is Trump the greatest threat to American democracy, or are those who enable him more dangerous?” In pondering this, the only answer I’ve found leads to more questions. Have we perhaps idealised democracy too readily as the perfect form of government? In doing so, have we ignored Plato’s warnings about democracy’s inherent flaws and its potential dangers to order, peace and stability? Plato’s views on democracy, however, must be understood in context. His disillusionment with Athenian politics, following the city’s defeat by Sparta, shaped his critique. While many Athenians equated democracy with freedom, equality and justice, Plato saw it as a stage of societal decline; a decline so severe as to prompt his search for an ideal political...

STORY: China-Africa cooperation forum a platform for fruitful exchanges, says Senegalese president SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMYSHOTLIST: 1. various of The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2. various of Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Fay 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): BASSIROU DIO Source link

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2024: Daniel Koroma MP, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Sierra Leone’s Parliament, has called for a decisive and united legislative front to address the nation’s growing concerns over corruption and financial mismanagement. His comments come as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), under the leadership of Deputy Speaker Ibrahim Tawa Conteh MP, intensifies its nationwide campaign to recover billions of Leones in state funds that have been mismanaged or remain unaccounted for. In a recent parliamentary session, Koroma argued that the future of Sierra Leone hinges on the effectiveness of its Parliament. He asserted that a committed and assertive legislative body has the potential to tackle the country’s most pressing issues, particularly the rampant corruption that has plagued various sectors of government. Koroma emphasized that true accountability must start with Parliament, which holds the power to influence change at every level...

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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 September 2024: The Government of Sierra Leone has yesterday signed a $50 million agreement with China National Technical Import & Export Corporation to establish a SMART Sierra Leone Project. The signing took place on the margins of the FOCAC Summit in Beijing which President Bio is attending, marking a significant step forward in Sierra Leone’s digital transformation efforts. During the signing of the agreement,President Bio said that the three main objectives of the SMART Sierra Leone Project are to expand internet connectivity to over 400,000 previously unconnected citizens; establish national data centers to manage and protect sovereign data; and enhance security measures around critical state infrastructure in Freetown. Additionally, the Minister of Communications, Technology and Innovation, Salima Monorma Bah, signed an agreement with Huawei Group for a Digital Village Project, which will be based in Tormabum, in the south of Sierra Leone. (Photo above). According to...

NEW YORK, 6th September, 2024 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates has welcomed today’s adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution on the modalities for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference. Co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and Senegal, the Conference will be held in the UAE in 2026, and aims to provide a platform for the international community to focus on accelerating the achievement of Sustainable De Source link

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2024: The UN chief underlined the global body’s support for this partnership in remarks to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit. Leaders from some 50 African countries are expected to attend the Summit, which has been held every three years since 2000. Debt hampers development Mr. Guterres noted that they were gathering in China amid rising geopolitical tensions, raging conflicts and growing poverty and hunger. He pointed to current challenges, including the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, as well as the worsening climate crisis, inequalities and threats to global and African efforts to achieve sustainable development. Meanwhile, many African countries are mired in debt and struggling to invest in sustainable development, he said. (Photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the 2024 Forum on China-African Cooperation in Beijing.) Reform outdated systems The UN Secretary-General recalled...

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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2024: Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has praised Saudi Arabia for its generous “support, dedication and friendliness” to Africa where it is supporting a host of projects touching virtually all aspects of people’s everyday life on the continent. Adesina was speaking at the Saudi Fund for Development’s 50th anniversary celebration in Riyadh on Sunday. He said the fund translated the pulse of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia into development support in Africa. “Its work covers 407 projects in 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with support of over $5.3 billion,” he declared, in an address congratulating the Fund on the landmark occasion of its golden jubilee. Projects the country has financed range from irrigation to produce food, dams for energy, hospitals for mothers and their babies, electricity to light up schools and enhance learning, airports and roads to link...

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