Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2021: Norbert Neuser – a Member of the European Parliament and the EU Election Follow-up Mission and his team, held discussions with former President Koroma – the outgoing Chairman and Leader of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), at his residence in Freetown on [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2021: The African Union Commission has invited former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, to participate in the 12th Annual High-Level Retreat of High Representatives, Special Envoys and Special Representatives of the Chairperson of the Commission, taking place in Nairobi, Kenya next week – [Read More]

NGC Media Team: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2021: Upon entering the political space in Sierra Leone, Hon. Alhaji Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella promised to ensure that all Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora will have the opportunity to run for Parliamentary and Presidential offices in the country, vote and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2021: JFK & Partners – the law firm acting on behalf of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the All Peoples’ Congress Party (APC) has written a letter to the country’s Chief Electoral Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Mr Mohammed K. Konneh to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2021: In the fast-developing story concerning President Bio’s decision to appoint former Acting Registrar of the country’s Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) as the National Electoral Commission’s Commissioner for the Western Region, opposition parties say they will not accept her appointment, and are calling on [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2021: The UN Security Council chair for the month of October, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, has urged countries to embrace diversity and to respect and appreciate people from all backgrounds, regardless of their identity. He said that many differences in the world today emanate [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2021: Sierra Leone’s President Juiius Maada Bio has become the first president of the country to relinquish his role as chancellor of the country’s universities, which successive presidents have used to impose and exert political will and control over the running and day to day [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2021: One of the most dangerous issues in Sierra Leone today is the right of private landowners to repossess their land and property that have been illegally occupied or encroached upon by squatters. In Sierra Leone, the cost of bringing court action to repossess land [Read More]

Sierra Leone Judiciary Comms Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2021: The World Justice Project Rule of Law 2021 Index has rated the Judiciary of Sierra Leone high ahead of thirty-one (31) countries in the world during their global assessment amidst the COVID19 outbreak. In a year dominated by the [Read More]