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Progress towards press freedom in Sierra Leone but there are emerging threats

May 5, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Ahmed Sahid Nasralla: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2022: On 3rd May 2022, SLAJ joined the whole world to observe World Press Freedom Day 2022. And this is the official statement of SLAJ marking the day. PRESS FREEDOM STATUS Since the historic repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio urges workers to act fairly in the workplace

May 4, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2022: On Monday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio was at the Family Kingdom Auditorium, Aberdeen, Freetown, where the Sierra Leone Labour Congress commemorated International Labour Day. Speaking at the event, President Bio urged workers in Sierra Leone to ensure fairness in the workplace. He said [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio confers Sierra Leonean citizenship on 59 African Americans

May 3, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2022: Last Thursday, 28th April, a day after the country celebrated its 61st Independence anniversary, President Bio of Sierra Leone welcomed a group of 59 African Americans to the country and granted them Sierra Leonean citizenship. Although it is not certain how much revenue the [Read More]

Economy & Business

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr engages DRK Foundation for Social Impact Entrepreneurs

May 3, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2022: Last Thursday 28th April I was in The Hague, Netherlands where I had the honour of delivering the Keynote Address to the Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation International Retreat. Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is the largest Venture Philanthropy in the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Yansaneh has failed, so let us rebuild the APC – Op ed

May 3, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Titus Boye-Thompson: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2022: Coming events cast their shadows and so the saying goes that what is to come is in itself offered to us by signs and premonition. The die has been cast. The Fisher verdict is not to be considered a spanner in the [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio receives Report into causes of Wellington fire disaster which killed over one hundred and fifty 

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

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]

Politics & Law

High Court Judge Fisher orders APC executives to dissolve and make way for an interim committee

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

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]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Bar Association condemns police arbitrary arrest of school teachers

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

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]

Politics & Law

Chairman of Teachers Solidarity in Sierra Leone arrested for speaking out on national television

April 28, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

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]

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