Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2020: Priscilla Schwartz, a Sierra Leonean lawyer is the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone. Her appointment was greeted as a statement of intent by many – that Bio’s “New Direction” was serious about “a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2020: The Consortium for Good Governance, Human Rights and Democracy (CGHRD), last Friday presented the findings of its investigation into the Makeni riot which took place on Saturday 18th July 2020, that left six dead and eleven seriously injured – all shot by heavily armed [Read More]
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2020: There are three ways citizenship can be acquired – by birth, by descent and by naturalization. And as long as one becomes a citizen through any of the above means, they gain most of the privileges accorded to citizens, the right to [Read More]
Sall Tee Jay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2020: Sacred cows in Bio’s New Direction cabinet are having sleepless nights as they have learnt that President Bio will soon reshuffle his cabinet that will make way for new faces in politics. Some of the old faces are expected to give [Read More]
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2020: Police brutality or police violence is defined as a civil rights violation where law enforcement officers exercise undue or excessive force against a subject. This includes, but is not limited to bullying, physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property [Read More]
Ibrahim S Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2020: In the last three years, African countries have registered an overall decline in the quality of political participation and the rule of law. The United States, which has traditionally been a major influence in promoting democracy in Africa, has had a [Read More]
Milton Margai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2020: Corruption is public enemy number one in Sierra Leone. It is responsible for the country’s underdevelopment. Hence, there is need to support those at the forefront of the war against corruption. According to Professor Lumumba (former head of the ACC in Kenya), [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2020: Yesterday Friday, the Deputy Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) – Augustine Foday Ngobie, presented the commission’s 2019 Annual Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio. Augustine Foday Ngobie said that the report is in fulfilment of the provision of Section 19(1) [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2020: Over continued acts of hostility by the government security forces in Makeni, Rights Activists are demanding an end to brute force. “We are concerned about the continued indiscriminate and arbitrary arrests and inhumane treatment meted out on residents of Makeni by security [Read More]
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