Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received a report from the 15-man Presidential Taskforce set up to investigate the causes of the Wellington petrol tanker fire disaster which took place on the 5th of November last year, claiming the lives of over 150 people [Read More]
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2022: In the long-awaited conclusion of the legal battle between Alfred Peter Conteh and former president Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone – who is also chairman of the main opposition All People’s Congress party (APC), High Court Judge Adrian Fisher yesterday [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2022: The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) representing barristers in the country, yesterday issued a strong statement condemning the police for their arrest of three schoolteachers in the country after speaking out against the poor working conditions of teachers in Sierra Leone. A few days [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: There is widespread anger among schoolteachers in Sierra Leone, after the arrest on Tuesday by police of Mr Khan, the Interim Chairman of Teachers Solidarity. He was snatched away by police outside popular TV station – AYV after speaking live on a programme about [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: In a first step towards engaging parliament on whether proposed reforms to customary land legislation in Sierra Leone will genuinely stimulate responsible investment in the country, businesses and private sector stakeholders convened a roundtable discussion in Freetown on 12 April 2022. Nearly all the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: On Tuesday, President Bio thanked the government of China for donating 15 water bowers for the supply of water in the capital city and two fire engines for the Lungi International Airport, saying that his government has done more to expand the existing water [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: As the people of Sierra Leone reflect on 61 years of independence from Great Britain, rather than celebrate because of the harsh economic and financial difficulties gripping the nation, President Julius Maada Bio this morning delivered an address to the people, telling them that [Read More]
Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: At 61 years of independence, Sierra Leone is a nation of many woes; compatriots would agree it has all the hallmarks of a failed state. In 1960, the secretary of state responsible for the British colonies, Mr. Iain Macleod, had [Read More]
Alhaji U. N’jai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: I first wrote this piece four years ago in 2018 and represented my introspection on the state of the nation Sierra Leone at 57. It was also a time of great optimism as the nation had just ushered in the new [Read More]
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