Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s prickly Chief Justice Komba Kamanda lost his rag and ordered the arrest of senior opposition lawyer for contempt of Supreme Court

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2026: There was drama at Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court yesterday, as the senior lawyer for the country’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party – Barrister Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK) who himself is a former Attorney-General, was asked by the Chief Justice – Komba Kamanda [Read More]

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African Union and UN renew agreements to strengthen strategic partnership in operational support

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2026: At a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York, on 21 September, H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, signed the renewed Memorandum of Intent on cooperation in operational support and Memorandum [Read More]

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General Birame Diop and Ambassador Marc Fonbaustier discuss cooperation between ECOWAS and France

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2026: The two leaders addressed the security challenges hindering peace and stability in West Africa, including terrorism, organized crime, insecurity, cybercrime, cross-border crime, misinformation, and disinformation. Marc Fonbaustier reiterated France’s commitment to further supporting ECOWAS’s efforts to address these challenges and promote regional peace, security, [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s President Bio, Section 122 and the Constitutional Amendment Bill — what does the constitution actually say? Op ed

Haroun Zubairu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2026: My fellow Sierra Leoneans, there is now another major development in the controversy surrounding the Constitutional Amendment Bill. President Julius Maada Bio has referred a petition concerning the Bill to the Supreme Court, relying on Section 122 subsection 1 of the 1991 [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s President Bio seeks judicial opinion on Constitutional Amendment Bill to break political deadlock

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2026: President Julius Maada Bio has referred the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill to the Supreme Court for a judicial opinion, citing the need for constitutional clarity and national consensus on the Bill. “It is the President’s considered view that the passage of such an [Read More]