Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s top female Barrister resigns from Judicial Service Commission over Auditor General suspension row

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2021: One of Sierra Leone’s most senior female lawyers – Basita Michael, who is also a former President of the country’s Bar Association, has tendered her resignation from the government’s Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC), in response to what she refers to as the [Read More]

Politics & Law

British High Commissioner questions Judiciary’s capacity and preparedness for 2023 elections

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2021: British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney held talks yesterday with the country’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards in Freetown, where she raised concerns about the preparedness of the Judiciary to dispense justice fairly and promptly to complaints of electoral offences. Her concerns [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio appoints tribunal to investigate Auditor General Taylor-Pearce amid accusations of witchhunt and coverup

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 November 2021: Amid growing furore in Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio has this evening appointed three members of a judicial tribunal that will investigate the country’s Auditor General – Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy – Tamba Momoh, for what the president refers to as allegations [Read More]