Politics & Law

Alim Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2021: SLPP government stands indicted – no hiding place for NaCSA boss and the chief minister. Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad are currently in  doubt over the on-going investigation of an alleged ritual murder matter involving an employee of the National Commissioner [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2021: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards last Friday assured President Bio  that the Judiciary under his watch will fully apply the Abolition of Death Penalty Act of 2021. “We in the Judiciary note the change and are ready to apply the new law, [Read More]

Jarrah Kawusu-Konte & Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9th October 2021: Following former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma’s decoration with the award of the Medal of Merit in Leadership by the African Bar Association (AfBA) on Monday 4th October, instant, commendations and congratulatory messages have been pouring from across [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2021: Sierra Leone has today joined the long list of nations that no longer use State retributive justice to take away the lives of those that are found guilty of committing murder, after President Julius Maada Bio signed the expunging of the death sentence into [Read More]

Dr Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: The public is hereby informed that by letter dated 30th June, 2021 by the AC Commissioner, I was invited to the Commission to “appear before the Commission on Thursday, 1st July, 2021” to “answer orally on oath or affirmation [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: Teachers in Sierra Leone can only dream of receiving a $10,000 award along with a plot of State land as a gift from the president, in recognition of their hardwork and the difficult environment and circumstances in which they work. Yet few months ago, [Read More]

Office of Former President Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 October 2021: Former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has been honoured with the award of the African Bar Medal of Merit in Leadership by the African Bar Association (AfBA) at the ongoing 2021 AfBA Annual Conference in Niamey, Republic of Niger. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 October 2021: By all indications now, it is fast becoming obvious that based on their poor management of Sierra Leone’s economy and the financial hardship most people in the country are facing, the ruling SLPP are set to lose the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. And [Read More]

ARTICLE 19: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2021: ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the security forces’ crackdown on the assembly of the Islamic Movement (IMN) in Nigeria also known as the Shiites that reportedly led to the death of at least eight people and police arresting at least 57 others on [Read More]