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 Julius Maada Bio, as part of his manifesto [Read More]
Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: Sierra Leone’s private sector is used to surviving crises, but COVID-19 will test many businesses to the limit. In every crisis, accurate, up-to-date information is one of the first lines of defence. Invest Salone’s COVID-19 information portal is helping to meet that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2020: Despite all efforts by the government and Chief Justice to reform Sierra Leone’s court system to reduce the time it takes for justice to be delivered, it seems old bad habits are taking much longer to die, as thousands of people up and down [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has today presented its 2019 Annual Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in line with Section 33 (12) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. Acting Chief Electoral Commissioner, Edmond Sylvester Alpha, said that the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: The National Water Resources Management (NWRMA) last Thursday, held discussions with Ministers and Heads of Agencies at its office in Freetown to review the Western Area Water Catchments Protection and Restoration effort. The discussions also assessed the regulation, management and sustainable use of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: Political violence reared its ugly head in Kono, eastern province of Sierra Leone last Saturday, at the funeral ceremony of the late paramount chief Abu Mbawa Kongorba, when groups loyal to the ruling SLPP party clashed with the security staff of the former vice [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: In two separate letters (see below), addressed to President Julius Maada Bio and the National Coordinator of NACOVERC, Brig. (Rtd.) Kellie Conteh respectively, the president of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA), Dr. Delwin M. Findlay, expressed grave frustration and disappointment over the [Read More]
Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: “Not Guilty.” Two powerful words spoken by the foreman of the jury that brought a sense of relief and feelings of vindication to three accused persons in the recently concluded treason trial. In the case of the first accused, Alfred Palo Conteh, [Read More]
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 rifles, in an attempt to [Read More]
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