Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2021 Women, Peace and Security (WPS) stakeholders from across West Africa, will meet both physically and virtually, at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) on July 7th. The conference aims to facilitate fruitful exchanges on the past implementation of the WPS Agenda, its [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2021: The shocking death of the younger brother of the wife of the President of Sierra Leone – Mrs Fatima Bio last week, has sparked controversy and police investigations, after Fatima Bio accused a local beach bar restaurant in the outskirt of Freetown of his [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2021: Mr. Speaker, I write in connection with the above subject and in my capacity as Chairman and Leader of the National Grand Coalition Party (NGC). The NGC’s representation in Parliament comprises four MPs headed by our Parliamentary Leader, the Hon. Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2021: The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) has held talks with the Minister of Lands and Country Planning on diverse issues, including the current non-signing of survey plans, the unacceptably long delays in inspection of lands by officials before  issuing building permits, and the right [Read More]

Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2021: Yesterday, Wednesday 23 June 2021, we as Parliamentarians passed the Cyber Security and Crime Bill which is now fundamentally different from the original draft bill presented to Parliament three months ago. We should commend the public at large, SLAJ, [Read More]

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2021: I ‘tok’ it! President Julius Maada Bio is a lucky man. Last time we had the kind of success we have recently experienced in any international football competition was twenty-five years ago, for which he has generally been credited with the success. [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2021: At the beginning of sitting of Sierra Leone’s Parliament on Monday, the Speaker of Parliament announced two key committees for the 4th session of the 5th Parliament which he has the authority to establish. Conspicuous by his absence, is the deliberate exclusion [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2021: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone donated acres of State lands in Freetown, with estimated value running into millions of dollars to all 41 players and officials of the national Leone Stars football team, after their success in Guinea, beating Benin [Read More]