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Has State House in Freetown become the ruling SLPP party’s office? – Op ed

December 5, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 18

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 December 2021: The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), in their apparent disrespect for political norms, conventions and protocols seem to have turned State House into the party office. This is the conclusion of concerned citizens who have seen an increasing tendency in President Bio [Read More]

Election Watch

Gambians go to the polls to elect a new government

December 5, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 December 2021: Yesterday, Saturday, 4th December, 2021, the people of The Gambian went to the polls, with the head of the ECOWAS Elections Observation Mission – former president of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security – General Francis [Read More]

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Arrogance paves the way for the downfall of politicians – Op ed

December 4, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Alhaji M. B. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 December 2021: The first sin ever committed by a creature was arrogance. Lucifer, otherwise called Satan, displayed its arrogance to its Creator, the lord of the Heavens and Earth, when the later ordered it to prostrate to Adam, the first human being [Read More]

Politics & Law

Fatmata Sawaneh’s election bid

December 4, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 December 2021: Congratulations to the SLPP for successfully conducting the election for women’s leader in Freetown. Kudos to the women of the party. You may want to ask why I am commenting on an internal SLPP issue when it should be none of my [Read More]

Politics & Law

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr honored by the Mayor and City of Fishers, Indiana USA

December 4, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 December 2021: I am currently in Fishers, Indiana at the joint invitation of Rotary Club of Freetown and Rotary Club of Fishers. These two organizations have been working together for over 10 years now, demonstrating the power of community led initiatives to transform lives. [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone President Bio declares December 9th Census Night

November 29, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2021: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone last Friday announced that Statistics Sierra Leone will conduct a two-week counting of everyone in the country from the 10th to the 23rd of December 2021. Statistics Sierra Leone will also collect administrative, demographic, social, and economic [Read More]

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Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr yesterday stood tall in the country’s male dominated Parliament

November 27, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2021: There was high drama in the committee room of Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday evening, where the Mayor of Freetown – Mrs Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and her senior management team of the Freetown City Council met with MPs representing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer [Read More]

Politics & Law

ACC charges opposition APC presidential aspirant Samura Kamara and others to court for corruption

November 26, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2021: Presidential aspirant of Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara and four other former members of staff working at the  country’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, were yesterday charged to court on various counts [Read More]

Politics & Law

Bank of Sierra Leone governor causes financial market panic after using the B word in parliament

November 26, 2021 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2021: There is only one B word that could land you in prison or face hefty fine in Sierra Leone. And that word is Bribery. Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone –  Professor Kelfala Kallon  (Photo above) caused panic in the country’s financial sector [Read More]

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