Politics & Law

Tribunal set up to investigate Auditor General Lara Taylor-Pearce lacks legal standing – says defence counsel

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2022: The Tribunal set up by President Bio to investigate the country’s Auditor-General and her deputy, following their suspension last November resumed yesterday after a lengthy adjournment. In the proceedings, the matter of contention between the State and lawyers for the defendants was [Read More]

Politics & Law

Government of Sierra Leone buries 27 coffins believed to be the remains of August 10 protesters against the wishes of families

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2022: It was 9am yesterday Monday in Freetown, from where the editor of the Sierra Leone Telegraph received this poignant message from one of his reporters: “This morning I was taking my sister to Connaught hospital. The area was blocked by armed military  personnel. I [Read More]

Politics & Law

Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr granted 100 million Leones bail by magistrate in Lungi

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2022: Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, yesterday Friday, 14th October 2022, appeared at the magistrate court in Lungi, just distance away from the country’s international airport where she was accused by police of disorderly behaviour and obstruction of officers trying to arrest elected opposition councillor [Read More]

Education and Health

Let’s take a look at Sierra Leone’s education system under previous and current government and the impact of Bio’s Free QEP – Op ed

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2022: The impact of a bad education regime has started haunting this nation. An education regime involves current government policies and practices and the role of education service providers, education authorities and teachers. Let me quickly address a few negative impacts of [Read More]