Election Watch

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2018 The stage is set. The audience will soon be seated, and the lights and microphones will be turned on, as three giants of Sierra Leone’s national politics go head to head in what is being described as the most important phase in the forthcoming [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2018 NGC Presidential candidate – Alhaji Dr Kandeh Yumkella met students at the University of Sierra Leone in Freetown yesterday, where he spoke to them at the Ajayi Crowther Amphitheatre about the importance as a people of “forging unity in a divided nation”. [Read More]

Anthony Kamara Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 February 2018: The National Grand Coalition (NGC) will today launch its 2018 Manifesto in Port Loko. The NGC Manifesto is the party’s “Agenda for Job Creation and National Prosperity and a Social Compact with the people of Sierra Leone.” The manifesto and compact are [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2018: Disturbing images of Chinese citizens, openly campaigning alongside leaders and supporters of the ruling APC, have raised questions about the legality of some of the electioneering practices being adopted by the APC party in advance of polling taking place on March 7th. The Chinese [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2018 Ten of the seventeen registered political parties contesting the March 7 multi-tier elections in Sierra Leone, have condemned and opposed the decision by the Sierra Leone police to restrict vehicular movement on polling day, Ibrahim Tarawallie  reports from Freetown,. Last month, the Sierra Leone [Read More]

Jesmed Foday-mami Suma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2018 To all my good friends and fellow Sierra Leoneans who may be wondering why I am supporting Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella or whether I am still a member of the NPD party, I want you to know that, I am still [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2018 “You are not one of us – you are not from here” – extremists within the ruling APC party of Sierra Leone are now telling Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, who is contesting to become the next president of Sierra Leone, but now referred to as [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2018 Sierra Leoneans are getting ready to go the polls on March 7th. But there are fears and anxieties of political violence disrupting the elections. Many believe that the ruling APC will do whatever it takes to hold on to office, including voter intimidation and [Read More]

Abu Shaw: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2018: Sierra Leone is so divided at present that observers fear the jittery APC government is woefully planting seeds of violence and chaos. The division of deep-seated hatred presently brewing in Sierra Leone and overseas is only likened to the dark era of the [Read More]