Sierra Leone News

Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner in road accident but alive and well

June 23, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2019: ACC Commissioner, Francis Ben Kaifala’s vehicle convoy was involved in a road accident yesterday, Saturday, 22nd June 2019 along the mile 91 Highway, travelling to Bo. According to report from the Public Relations Unit of the ACC, the vehicle leading Kaifala’s convoy was involved [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner in road accident but alive and well

June 23, 2019 1

What next Sam Sumana?

June 22, 2019 14

Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2019: I first met the then quiet looking young man – Sam Sumana at an American Embassy reception. My “nephew” the APC Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma, introduced Sam Sumana to me as his running mate in the 2007 Presidential [Read More]

Sierra Leone Ebola survivors on paramedic training as nation goes on simulated high alert

June 21, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2019: Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors (SLAES) leadership, yesterday Thursday 20th June 2019, ended a three-day training on ‘Paramedics and Leadership’ at their headquarters in Jui Junction, Freetown through funding from Project 1808 and other partners. The training was geared towards preparedness for a [Read More]

Sierra Leone resumes iron ore export after painfully long break

June 21, 2019 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2019: The government of Sierra Leone can once again begin to breathe a sigh of relief, following the announcement by SL Mining Limited – a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerald Group, that its first shipment of iron ore concentrate – branded ‘Marampa Blue’ to China, [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s parliament revokes state of emergency on rape

June 20, 2019 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2019: Yesterday, Sierra Leone’s parliamentarians decided to revoke a controversial State of Emergency Decree that was promulgated by President Bio on 19th February 2019, which was subsequently ratified by Parliament on Friday 22nd February 2019. Since the passing of the State of Emergency Law in [Read More]

Sierra Leone seeks $2 Billion funding for Lungi airport bridge to Freetown

June 19, 2019 34

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2019: “We believe infrastructural investments should not burden the country with huge debt. They should be financed in a way that the public and future generations are not liable for that debt………So we are not going to build a bridge or an airport for which [Read More]

Sierra Leone president Bio receives more recovered stolen public funds from the ACC

June 18, 2019 16

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), yesterday presented a cheque for 7.5 billion Leones to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at a ceremony in State House, Freetown. This Le 7.5 billion is part of a whopping 16 Billion Leones of stolen cash, so far recovered [Read More]

Africa Rising – meritocracy or mediocrity – Lessons from History

June 18, 2019 0

Amadu Yaya Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2019: Political leadership in Africa is at a crossroads. The body politick in each of the various African states is today faced with the daunting question as to whether and how to pursue dignity or prosperity for its citizens. The theory of [Read More]

Sierra Leone launches digital tool to help improve local access to justice

June 17, 2019 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2019: Sierra Leone government Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) has developed a national e-Justice tool that uses a Geographic Information System (GIS) that digitizes local courts and cases in Sierra Leone. The E-Justice tool is making use of technology to improve transparency and [Read More]

One man’s opportunism is another man’s statesmanship

June 17, 2019 12

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2019: As I sat in my brother’s apartment in Philadelphia, grudgingly watching the launching of the Ahmad Tejan Foundation for Peace and Democracy, I could not help but recognize the depth and double edged ironies that were embedded in the whole ceremony. On [Read More]

Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo – Sierra Leone must be on alert

June 16, 2019 2

Murray Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2019: Not in any way trying to raise alarm bells in Sierra Leone, and have people all hyped up. Nevertheless, if our collective memory regarding the most contagious and dreadful Ebola serves us right, Sierra Leoneans should be in a contemplative mode. Not [Read More]

Ex-Liberian president Sirleaf in talks with former President of Sierra Leone

June 15, 2019 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2019: Liberia’s former president – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone today, where she is holding talks with the former president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Sierra Leone this weekend to attend tomorrow Sunday’s launching [Read More]

Sierra Leone Inter-religious Council to soon publish report on political tension

June 15, 2019 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2019: Following the spate of political violence in various parts of Sierra Leone since the elections of March 2018, which saw the All People’s Congress (APC) party ousted from office by the Sierra Leone’s People’s Party (SLPP), there have been calls for peaceful resolution to [Read More]

Consolidating Sierra Leone’s democracy requires independent state institutions

June 15, 2019 0

Rev. G. Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2019: It should be established from the onset that there is a direct correlation between the independence of state institutions and the consolidation of democracy. Therefore, every effort should be expended to ensure the independence of these institutions is not compromised, regardless [Read More]

UNESCO supports Sierra Leone’s free quality education programme

June 14, 2019 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2019: Yesterday, Thursday 13 June 2019, a high-level delegation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), led by its Regional Director – Ydo Yao, met with President Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, to pledge their support for his government’s [Read More]

Freetown and Hull strengthen partnership – can more be done to help develop Freetown?

June 13, 2019 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2019: On Tuesday, 11 June 2019, the twinned-sister cities of Freetown and Hull City UK, took their partnership to another level with the visit of Hull City Mayor – Steven Wilson to Sierra Leone, where he met both the Mayor of Freetown and president Julius [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s judiciary – as it was in the beginning so it is today

June 12, 2019 5

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2019: I wrote an article in this column in 2013 with the title – “Election petition verdict: The law is an ass”, in response to the verdict on the now famous “Ansu Lansana case”. I took this as a personal issue. I know [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s fuel crisis is politically motivated

June 12, 2019 9

Josephus Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2019: It is a sad story that today, National Petroleum (NP) which is, or should be a national petroleum company, is collaborating with other international petroleum companies based in Sierra Leone, to blackmail Government into increasing the pump price of fuel. Despite the [Read More]

Another public official in Sierra Leone agrees to repay stolen funds

June 11, 2019 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 June 2019; Hardly a week goes by these days, without news of a public official in Sierra Leone entering into an out of court settlement with the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to repay stolen public funds. Whilst some of the monies involved may be fairly small, [Read More]

What the papers say in Sierra Leone after Bio’s investment conference in London

June 10, 2019 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2019: Returning home to Sierra Leone after a busy schedule in London last week, which culminated in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday at a military parade after presenting all that is good in Sierra Leone to potential investors , president Bio is expected to [Read More]

Sierra Leone politics – Do we need adult supervision or a third way?

June 9, 2019 21

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2019: The Republic of Sierra Leone recently celebrated its 58th year of independence. But many have been left wondering whether it was worth all the fuss in the first place. And this is largely thanks to recent events that have unstitched the nation’s [Read More]