Trevor Jenkins-Johnston: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2018: In 2002, APC and Ernest Bai Koroma garnered 22% of the votes; registered voters 2.3m with a turnout of 83%. Tejan Kabbah won by 70% of the votes. In 2007, Sierra Leone wanted change and in that they found the only other [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Let us turn the clock back to May 2015. The campaign bells are silent, and the town criers have all gone home. Now it’s time for reality check and search for an answer, as to why Sierra Leone’s foreign minister Samura Kamara, failed to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: A New York Times story published today – 6th of March 2018, – less than twenty-four hours before polling, has described Dr Kandeh Yumkella as the presidential candidate in tomorrow’s election in Sierra Leone who will change the face of the country’s politics. According [Read More]
Mustapha Momoh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Today, the eve of presidential, parliamentary, local and mayoral elections in Sierra Leone, Freetown – the capital city was calm, peaceful and serene. It was indeed a cooling off day for the political parties and their supporters. Ordinary Sierra Leoneans went about [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Sierra Leone’s High Court has today ruled that the police has the right to restrict traffic movements in the country on polling day – tomorrow, Wednesday, 6th March 2018. This ruling was made after legal action was brought by the erudite lawyer Charles Margai, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Yesterday marked the official end of election campaigning in Sierra Leone, as voters and those contesting prepare for polling tomorrow – 7th March 2018. Over three million people are expected to vote, with turnout expected to be as high as 75%, if the ban [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Few expected the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone to yesterday conclude its hearing of the petition for constitutional interpretation brought by the ruling APC, regarding the rules governing the rights of Sierra Leoneans holding dual citizenship to contest parliamentary election. But not many expected [Read More]
Lamin Costo Daramy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 March 2018 A catalogue of allegations have been levelled at the Sierra Leone police in recent times. Most importantly, with general elections taking place this Wednesday, 7th March, the ban on vehicular movement on voting day ordered by the police is further raising [Read More]
Hermin Mario Mans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 March 2018: Sierra Leoneans will head to the polls in two days to elect a new president, new parliament and local council executives. However, as they wait patiently to cast their vote, they are closely watching the actions of the Supreme Court as [Read More]
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