John Baimba Sesay – CHINA Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2017 Ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections slated for 2018, the governing All People’s Congress has selected Dr. Samura Kamara as flag-bearer. I wrote, prior to the ‘Makeni Family Meeting’ that events leading to such historic Convention were not [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2017 Sierra Leoneans go to the polls on 7th of March 2017 to elect a new president, and many are hoping for a new party and government to replace the ruling APC, after ten years in power. Party conventions are almost over, and so too [Read More]
NGC Communications & Media Team Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2017 In a well-attended press conference at the National Stadium Hostel, Mr. Andrew Karmoh Keili, with his wife beside him, proudly and happily announced his official resignation from the “broken” SLPP to join the National Grand Coalition. The NGC is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2017 “The Party over the past few years has been characterized by bigotry, unilateralism, constitutional violations, thuggery and lack of inclusiveness,’’ Andrew Keili tells the opposition SLPP, as he signs his membership registration form to become a member of the newly formed National Grand Coalition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2017 Support for Sierra Leone’s newest and by far the most likely opposition party to mount a strong push at next year’s elections to get the ruling APC out of office – the National Grand Coalition (NGC) is gathering pace. An unofficial statement from the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2017 It has become an all too often familiar expectation that whenever Sierra Leone makes the world news, it is for all the wrong reasons, thanks to ten years of the Koroma led All Peoples Congress party leadership, that has transformed what was fast becoming [Read More]
NGC Media & Communications Team Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2017 The long-awaited registration of the National Grand Coalition was completed today at the Sierra Leone Political Parties Registration Commission after overcoming delays by bureaucracy and objections. The good news came a day after a strong NGC delegation, headed by [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2017 For the first time in the history of Sierra Leone, since the country gained independence in 1961, politicians from across the political divide have come together to form a broad church of liberal philosophies and values, which they say is a break-away from the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2017 Africa’s ruling parties have shown that they’re highly resourceful at retaining power. In the light of this, what purpose do elections serve? Andre Guichaoua argues that despite their shortcomings and the fact that they can be ritualistic, elections are important because leaders can never [Read More]
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