Politics & Law

Yankuba Kai-Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2020: In the light of the historic corruption scandal uncovered by the 2019 audit report in Sierra Leone, President Bio should now seriously consider dissolving his government and call a mid-term election. A president who said he is fighting corruption but his government [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2020: There is some consternation in Sierra Leone over news of the Chinese construction of a foreign service academy in Freetown to educate a privileged few. Many in Sierra Leone are saying that, if president Bio seriously believes in his manifesto promise to widen access [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2020: Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) convict Augustine Gbao is the first member of the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) to benefit from Conditional Early Release.  The former RUF convict was transferred on Sunday from Mpanga Prison in Rwanda back to his native Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2020: There is intense debate and speculation on social media and across the political divide in Sierra Leone, about what should now happen to the findings of the damning report into the government’s mismanagement of the country’s financial affairs, published last week by Audit Service [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2020: The issue of “land grab” is not a new phenomenon to many Sierra Leoneans, especially to those with first-hand experience as victims in this dark art. This is predominantly so in the urban areas. In fact, land grabbing has been around since [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio last Thursday, spoke about the stalled constitutional review process, efforts at reforming the criminal justice system and human rights – including the ending of the death penalty in a meeting held at State House with the country’s Human Rights [Read More]

UN Office for Disarmament Affairs: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2020: Seven African countries are currently completing efforts to collect illegally held weapons as part of a continent-wide annual amnesty period. (Photo: Weapons destruction in the Central African Republic during the September Africa Amnesty Month. Photo Credit: UNODA). This follows [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2020: For many Sierra Leoneans who had feared a change of government in 2018 may simply usher in more of the same corruption and poor governance, today’s publishing of the country’s Auditor General’s 2019 Report into the SLPP government’s management of public funds, confirms those [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph; 17 December 2020: Femi Claudius Cole is the founder of the Unity Party in Sierra Leone. In 2018, she ran for the office of President and remains the only female party leader in Sierra Leone. Madam Cole spoke yesterday live on Sierra Gem Media about the government’s [Read More]