Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio today joined the First Lady – Fatima Maada Bio and other eminent Sierra Leonean women to discuss “Women in Leadership”, at a video conference commemorating International Women’s Day. Mrs Bio said that the women of Sierra Leone are pleased [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Lands yesterday announced, “It has observed that while the Ministry is in the process of establishing a dispute resolution committee to address the overwhelming concerns raised by the public over the manner in which lands were administered or allocated, certain [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2021: The Auditor General of Sierra Leone has come under very serious attack from the Ministry of Finance. Investigation mounted by this author, reveal a consistent pattern in the Finance Ministry to exert “control” over the office of the Auditor General in order [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2021: Ambassador David Reimer arrived at the Lungi International Airport in Freetown last night, to take up his post as Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Freetown. He was greeted at the airport on behalf of the government of Sierra Leone by [Read More]

Dr Samura Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2021: Today, 8th of March is International Women’s Day – a day set aside to celebrate our womenfolk. It is also a day to applaud women who have shown extraordinary courage and tenacity in breaking the social, political and cultural barriers to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 March 2021: The 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today following a meeting of its independent Prize Committee. President Mahamadou Issoufou served two five-year terms as President of Niger from [Read More]

Wilfred Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2021: Never in the history of our nation have we had a government as corrupt, tribalistic, inefficient, uncivilized and unprogressive as the present SLPP government led by President Maada Bio. Everyday that dawns, Sierra Leoneans are frustrated and disappointed for voting for [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2021: There are reports and plenty of video clips of rioting in the central business district of Freetown this afternoon, involving armed youths believed to be SLPP supporters from their Freetown party office and traders in an area of the business district of the city [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 March 2021 Yesterday, Tuesday, one of Sierra Leone’s most popular and sometimes politically controversial former High Court Judges – Justice Miatta Maria Samba, was sworn-in as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, following her appointment by President Dr Julius Maada Bio and approval in [Read More]