Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2020: The role of MPs in Sierra Leone’s parliament is about to be strengthened, should plans for the introduction of a ‘Question Time’ style procedure be accepted and formalised. The idea of parliamentary Question Time is not new. In many countries including Britain, MPs are [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2020: Last Thursday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone launched the country’s Post-Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) project, five years after the country was declared free of Ebola by WHO. The aim of the PERSIF project is to provide basic social services [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2020: To ask whether Africa needs term-timed Presidential democracy is bound to linger on the absurd. However, if Africa is to adopt, promote and remain democratically stable, is it worth looking again at Africa’s version of democracy? The widely held notion is that [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2020: Yesterday, Monday 27 July 2020, Sierra Leone’s president Dr Julius Maada Bio addressed the Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through video conferencing, where he said that maintaining peace and [Read More]

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2020: Much has been written and said about the recent riot in Makeni that resulted in such much mayhem and loss of valuable lives.  Blame has been cast on all sides and comments from the politically inclined have tended to support the views [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2020: The Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the new Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed Section 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel as seditious crime against the State. It has been [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2020: As the international community and Global human rights groups come to terms with the shooting of unarmed youths in Makeni, Sierra Leone on Saturday 18th July 2020, calls for those responsible for the killing of at least five young protesters to be brought to [Read More]

Abdul Malik Bangura: 25 July 2020: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged member states to collaborate in conducting academic research. This point was raised during the discussions last Wednesday, 23rd July 2020 at the Joint Committees meeting of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 July 2020: One of the youths shot by security forces last Saturday in Makeni has died this morning at the Connaught Hospital, where several other seriously injured young people are receiving treatment. This brings the total number of young people killed in Makeni last Saturday to [Read More]