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Dr Sylvia Blyden challenges Sierra Leone elections results at the Supreme Court

April 10, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 19

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2018: Last Sunday, both the newly elected president Julius Maada Bio and the defeated APC candidate – Dr Samura Kamara who had threatened to challenge the presidential runoff result, attended mass at their local catholic church. It is said that, it is by divine intervention [Read More]

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President Maada Bio of Sierra Leone gets tough with lazy and corrupt public servants

April 9, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2018: Newly elected president of Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio has read the proverbial Riot Act to public sector workers, including top civil servants in the country. He has told them to either join him in delivering his promise to the people to make [Read More]

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Why the Sierra Leone election was lost by APC after ten years of governance

April 9, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Author: Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2018: The March 31st, 2018, presidential run-off election was an amazingly close race. The result has left the All People’s Congress party (APC) quite humbled. Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) emerged victorious with 51.8% of the votes,. [Read More]

Dr. Sama Banya - Puawui

Dr Sama Banya (Puawui) congratulates president Bio – reflecting on a difficult journey  

April 8, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Puawui (Dr. Sama Banya): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 April 2018: The dust is yet to settle as the whole of Sierra Leone continues to be gripped by the SLPP’s spectacular success at the polls.  Many are still getting used to saying: ‘President Julius Maada Bio – president of Sierra Leone’. [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone president Maada Bio’s first big decision

April 6, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 April 2018: Since his swearing-in two days ago as the new president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio is faced with the enormous task of safeguarding the peace and security of all of the people of Sierra Leone, irrespective of tribe and regional origin, after rampaging [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio –  Your time starts now

April 5, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Author: Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2018: Mr. President, the lesson of history is that many never learn the lesson of history. Therefore, amidst the festival of claps and back-slapping, kindly realise the enormity of the task ahead of you. For one, you must forget about fighting [Read More]

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Election violence makes a comeback in Sierra Leone

April 5, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2018: Police in Sierra Leone have been engaging in fierce street battles with youths this afternoon in the Eastern District of Kenema, after serious violence broke out between supporters of the APC party and the SLPP. There are reports of serious injuries, though so far, [Read More]

Politics & Law

CHRDI expresses concern over security in Sierra Leone

April 5, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Author: Abdul Fatoma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2018: The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) expresses deep concern over the security situation in the country, following the presidential run off in March 31,2018. The organization is concerned about the occurrences of the past three weeks which has witnessed [Read More]

Politics & Law

Samura Kamara must be careful not to be seen as enemy of progress

April 5, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Author: Maurice Ferenkeh Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2018: The result of the election reveals one of many things. It exposes APC’s unpopularity. It is Samura Kamara’s constitutional right to challenge the result. But in my opinion, it was ill-advised of him to do so on national television last [Read More]

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