Election Watch

Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2017: The People’s Democratic League (PDL) wishes to state its case against the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) led by Hon. Justice Patrick Hamilton. It is not the policy of the PDL to spend time complaining about the misanthropic policy of an [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2017: Elections in Sierra Leone are due on 7th of March 2018, and as political parties step up their propaganda offensive against each other, not even State House has managed to stay away from the spreading of negative propaganda, especially against presidential hopeful Dr. Kandeh [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2017 Sierra Leone’s opposition national Grand Coalition Party (NGC) has announced new guidelines for those aspiring to contest the forthcoming general, local and mayoral elections under the aegis and banner of the party. This announcement comes, as the party decided yesterday to waive all fees [Read More]

Milan Victor Dawoh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2017: In my third edition of “To my People in MABBEN FAMILY”, I cautioned to beware of fake promises. I gave a clear example of the Bumbuna hospital that was promised to us during election time in 2012, but was never completed. I [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2017 Dr. Victoria Saidu Kamara – the eloquent and hard working former Minister of Tourism and Culture in the Koroma government, has this week joined the Yumkella led National Grand Coalition Party (NGC). Victoria Saidu Kamara was one of the 28 aspirants competing for the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2017: Few weeks ago, the SLPP presidential candidate, Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio presented a broad outline of his New Direction Strategy to the nation. In his presentation, he promised to consult with members of the party in all the districts, on the development challenges [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2017: Political parties and candidates in next year’s elections should commit to the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone as a key objective if elected to office, said Amnesty International and over 40 Sierra Leonean civil society organizations today, in a document [Read More]

Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2017: In Port Loko yesterday, 12th of December, Sierra Leoneans assured President Koroma loud and clear: “We Know Samura Kamara, and he is a sleeping old man struggling for your third term in Office”. It is often said that God works in a [Read More]

NGC Media Team: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2017: Kandeh Yumkella, Presidential standard-bearer for the National Grand Coalition (NGC), visited the SLPP’s stronghold of Segbewema in Kailahun District, last Sunday, 10th December 2017. Flanked by hundreds of NGC supporters who lined up the highway of Tondola to welcome him and [Read More]