Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 October 2017 The lady tipped to become Sierra Leone’s first female president, possibly in 2023 – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden – who currently serves as minister of social welfare, children’s and religious affairs, is today being rumoured by newspaper reports to be interested in the 2018 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017 Kenya’s recently annulled elections will soon be re-run, but the long-term questions they raised about election management are still unanswered. The spotlight is on the work of international observer teams, but there are also much wider questions of electoral capacity – problems that extend to the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017 Yesterday – Wednesday October 4th, 2017, was red letter day for Sierra Leone’s Public Service Commission (PSC) as it presented its 2016 annual report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown. Sierra Leone’s civil service has in the past thirty years [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017 The nation woke up to the “news” that journalist – Dr. David Tam Mbayoh of “Monologue” fame has joined the ruling APC party as their Publicity Secretary for Kono District. Social media was saved from a meltdown – just. You get a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2017 An IMF mission led by John Wakeman-Linn was in Freetown last week – 29th September 2017, to conduct its first review of Sierra Leone’s economic performance following its decision in June 2017 to approve a US$224.2 million loan made to the government. The Koroma [Read More]
Team Tengbe Campaign Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2017 You may recall that on 11th October 2014, my Campaign Team organised a Town Hall meeting in London where I announced my intention to become our Party’s Flag-Bearer and Presidential Candidate for the 2018 Parliamentary and Presidential Election in Sierra Leone. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2017 Last week’s Ebola false alarm in Sierra Leone, brought a sharp reminder of the horrible loss of life seen two years ago, and the crippling chronic illness that many still suffer in the West African state today. According to the country’s Chief Medical Officer [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2017 Presidential hopeful – Alie Badara Sanjan Kabba, whom many regard as a radical progressive nationalist leader, was speaking this afternoon, 2nd October 2017, on the SLBC TV in Freetown. During the live TV interview, Alie Kabba strongly admonished his fellow SLPP party members to [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2017 Some of the crucial issues that have destroyed our development as a nation despite our vast resources are: leadership, monetisation of politics, poverty, corruption and the willingness of people in position of trust to exhibit total disrespect for our laws. Non-partisanship [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph Reserves Copyright