Politics & Law

Joe B. Swarray: 14 March 2021: This is just plain common sense. The law and the letters speak for themselves. Audit service is independent. The law says so and the Government lawyers have said so. Former Attorney General Kamara said so. Solicitor General Martina Koroma also wrote that the Audit [Read More]

Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 March 2021: We write to formally draw your attention to our growing concerns with respect to the unmitigated violations of human, civil and political rights, and the industrial scale corruption within the echelons of the current government led by President Julius Maada Bio. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: The long-awaited investigations by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone, into allegations of corruption in the county’s parliament have ended and the report is now out. Though the conclusion of the report is clear, it is likely to trigger further debate. According to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: The High Court in Freetown, presided by Justice A. K. Musa, yesterday acquitted and discharged former Mayor of Freetown – Mr. Herbert George-Williams and Abu Bakarr Daramy, who were accused of murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, following the death of the [Read More]

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]