Election Watch

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2017 The Court of Appeal in Sierra Leone has today ended months of uncertainty about where the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) should now be heading, if it is to be allowed by the Electoral Commission and the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) to participate [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2017 The highest decision-making organ of the ruling APC party of Sierra Leone – the National Advisory Council (NAC), met on Thursday, 1st June, to discuss and agree the rules and guidelines for the election of the party’s senior executive officers, including the Chairman and leader [Read More]

Alie Kabba – Presidential aspirant SLPP  Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2017 Reports reaching me from Freetown indicate that the Chairman and Leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mr. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, has been arrested and is being moved to Kailahun to appear in court. Even as we patiently [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2017 Condemnation of the Koroma government is growing after the arrest two days ago, of the opposition Alliance Democratic Party leader – Mr Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray on allegation of possessing an offensive weapon – a stun gun. Supporters of the opposition leader say that the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2017 With general and presidential elections set to take place in March 2018, president Koroma and his ruling APC are now ratcheting up the political climate and tension in the country. Yesterday, Thursday, 1st of June, the opposition leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP)  – [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2017 Although presidential and general elections are less than ten months away, neither of Sierra Leone’s two main political parties – the APC and SLPP, are anywhere closer to announcing the name of their respective presidential candidate. Both parties are locked in fierce internal divisions [Read More]

Concerned Citizen of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2017 It is now official. China is no longer just a development partner of the Government and people of Sierra Leone. It is now playing an active part in our national politics, by openly supporting one political party to the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2017 The role of the news media has changed dramatically in countries across Africa, as elsewhere in the world. George Ogola sets out why it’s particularly important for the fourth estate to adapt to these changes when it comes to election coverage, and to act responsibly [Read More]