Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2020: A leaked letter signed by Sierra Leone’s Attorney General refusing calls for the government to allow an interim auditing of the government’s use of COVID-19 funds, has caused a stir, with the opposition political parties and the media criticising the government for its lack [Read More]
ARTICLE 19: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2020: ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns excessive use of force by security forces and the riots by supporters of political parties in the aftermath of the presidential election in Guinea. At least 21 people were killed, including three children, hundreds of people wounded and [Read More]
Tcho-Gbabior Kenah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2020: For the third time in a row under two different commissioners, Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) cannot conduct a peaceful and credible elections in just one constituency. In Constituency 110, Western Rural, elections violence is becoming normal. In the last two [Read More]
Oswald Hanciles – The Guru: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2020: Political Tribalism in Sierra Leone has been like this:. When it is about a year or so to parliamentary and presidential elections, political leaders would organize themselves – or, align themselves – into tribal and regional parties: largely, Temne-speaking [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2020: The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday joined other organisations around the world to observe the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’, by calling on the Government of Sierra Leone and its agencies to not only protect and promote freedom [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 November 2020: Tomorrow Tuesday, November 3, the American people will go to the polls to choose a new president in a high-stakes election where every vote counts, including that of immigrant citizens from Africa. One of the men who have been working around-the-clock to make sure [Read More]
British High Commissioner – Simon Mustard: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2020: On 28th October Sierra Leone took a significant step forward in enhancing Human Rights with the repeal of Part V of the Public Order Act of 1965 and enacting the Independent Media Commission Act 2020. It is a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2020: World Bank Country Manager in Sierra Leone – Gayle Martin, last Friday spoke at the government’s launching of its dialogue with civil society organisations as a drive to promote good governance, transparency, and accountability. Addressing the assembled dignitaries, including the president, ministers, the international [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2020: Last Friday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio inaugurated the Government Civil Society Organisations’ dialogue series and hope that the public engagement will help strengthen and consolidate the country’s democratic values. “I am tasking my Government to infuse more candour and transparency in Government business [Read More]
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