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Politics & Law

Will president Bio go to UNGA with strong human rights and peace record?

August 23, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2020: Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister – Professor David Francis is believed to have confirmed that President Bio will attend the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit, provisionally set by the UN to take place in mid-September 2020 to early October 2020, joining other Heads [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone deserve a better opposition that can hold the SLPP government accountable – Op ed

August 23, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 11

Saikujohn Barrie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2020: I have attentively listened to Dr. Sylvia Blyden’s audio advising the former President Ernest Bai Koroma who is the Chairman and Leader of the All People Congress (APC) and his executive to give way to younger and energetic party members to take [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone democracy must succeed – says Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden

August 21, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 18

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: The much anticipated second audio has been released by Dr. Blyden as promised, in what she refers to as her ongoing series of audio messages to the people of Sierra Leone and the international community, about the direction she would like Sierra Leone’s democracy [Read More]

Politics & Law

Latest position of ECOWAS heads of States on military coup in Mali

August 21, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: Heads of States and governments of ECOWAS countries, held a webinar meeting yesterday to review the latest developments in Mali and agree a common position. This is the statement of their position: 1. ECOWAS Heads of State and Government convened an extraordinary session by [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leoneans are concerned about the economy – says new Afrobarometer study

August 21, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: There is no doubt, Sierra Leone’s economy is in a mess. If not for the support of the international community and development agencies, especially the World Bank and the IMF, the economy would have been in a state of bankruptcy as the government fails [Read More]

Politics & Law

ECOWAS suspends and puts Mali on quarantine

August 21, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2020: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) late Tuesday 18th August 2020, published a communique on the military takeover in Mali. Mali is one of fifteen members of the regional body. Key among the decisions taken so far by the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Former president Koroma of Sierra Leone must step down in October

August 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2020: To solve Sierra Leone’s democratic woes, it is not Maada Bio but Ernest Bai Koroma who must go. Sierra Leone’s problem is not just with Government. We have absence of an effective Opposition to checkmate the excesses of the Governing [Read More]

Politics & Law

Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone publishes report on killing of youths in Makeni

August 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

HRCSL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2020: The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) is the national institution mandated by Act No. 9 of 2004, to protect and promote human rights in Sierra Leone. Section 7 (2) (a) of its Act gives it the mandate to ‘investigate or inquire [Read More]

Politics & Law

SLPP Constitutional reform – President Bio is now Leader of the SLPP

August 19, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2020: After almost a year of internal political machinations and intrigue, the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has finally got its revised Constitution which reflects its new party structure approved by the country’s Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC). According to the new Constitution, the [Read More]

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