Politics & Law

FCC Communications: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2021: Freetown City Council (FCC) is pleased to announce the launch of digital town halls across 30 wards in Freetown. Adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, the town halls will provide a digital platform for residents to gather and discuss the development priorities for [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 January 2021: The Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice informed the media at a press conference held at the Ministry of Information and Communications on Tuesday, 12th January 2021, that it has commenced legal action to confiscate properties belonging to Persons of Interest. [Read More]

Alhaji U. N’jai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 January 2021: On January 6, 2021, the entire world watched in shocked and awe as rioters mostly white supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol in Washington DC to intimidate and force Congress to stop the transition of power. This was by [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2021: Yesterday, the management of Sierra Leone’s Public Service Commission (PSC), presented their biennial report for 2018–2020 to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House. Chairman of the PSC, Kalilu Umar Bah, said they were honoured to present the report to the President, adding [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: First it was Minister of Lands – Dennis Sandy dispossessing the Krios of Freetown of their land – an illegal policy that continues to today. Then Sandy last month is believed to have turned his wrath on the Board of Governors of the Sierra [Read More]

James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: I visited the Sierra Leone Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs to see the minister regarding our container of mobility aids for disabled people in the country. The minister sat in her office, looking rather intently at the documents in [Read More]

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: It would seem that the latest reports from Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) have sparked a considerable amount of controversy. Simply put, people are split along two lines. Those who are not fans of the current government remark that with such incriminating [Read More]

Dr Babatunde Ahonsi (UN Rep in Sierra Leone): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: As we put a very challenging 2020 behind us, Sierra Leone like the rest of the world must seek to build forward better from the devastating socioeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent a major [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: Last Thursday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio joined colleagues Heads of states at the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana Nana Dankwa Addo Akufo-Addo. Taking his oath of office, President Akufo-Addo said: “I further solemnly swear that should I at [Read More]