Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2020: The central allegation by the State against Major Alfred Palo Conteh is that he committed treason when he entered a public place – State House on 19th March 2020, with a gun, allegedly intended to kill the president at a meeting. Alfred Palo Conteh [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s justice system is fast becoming a circus where those in power show off their ability and capacity to wield and abuse their office with impunity, simply to settle old political scores. This is nothing new. Previous governments did the same to some [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: Yesterday, the Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to Sierra Leone, Lesley Ní Bhriain, held talks with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai at his Tower Hill office, in Freetown. The aim of the visit, the Ambassador said was [Read More]

Dr. Sylvia O Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2020: Fellow Sierra Leoneans know me as someone who cannot be forced to say what she does not believe in. So my current circumstances should not dilute the strength of my message today. It is not made under duress but is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2020: Although covid-19 has brought unprecedented decline in global CO2 emissions with an expected significant reduction in global warming, serious concerns are still being raised about the world’s attitude towards the environment and nature. Yesterday, a press statement, titled: “Recover from the Global Recession, We [Read More]

Ibrahim Bendu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2020: Reporters from over ten of Sierra Leone’s leading registered newspapers have confirmed that even as corona virus is spreading inside the Freetown prisons among prisoners, the authorities in Sierra Leone have left the prisoners without adequate water supply for the past ten [Read More]

Joint reflexions by United Nations Senior African Officials: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2020: A desperate yearning for a long-departed mother. Reaching deep from the bowels of fragile humanity. Gasping for breath. Begging for mercy. The entire world heard the tragic cry. The family of nations saw his face pounded [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2020: Yesterday, Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) – Ibrahim Brima Swaray, presented his 2018 Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio, which outlines details of procurement spending by government departments and agencies under the former APC government, [Read More]

Milton Margai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2020: In Sierra Leone, armed robbers are becoming braver by the day. Sierra Leoneans are raising concerns over the spate of armed robberies in the country, and calling on the police to be more vigilant. According to the Regional Commander of Freetown East [Read More]