Politics & Law

Ibrahim S. Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are independent entities and ought to know very well their mandate. The President calling them to a dialogue with regards how they should go about doing their job is suspicious. It’s just a trick to curry favour. [Read More]

Puawui – Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: It has not been a pleasant week for me, nor I believe for many other Sierra Leoneans. We had just finished another three days lockdown, and I was hoping for some news to lift up my spirits over the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 May 2020: Leaders of Civil Society Organisations and CSOs were at State House yesterday, where they met president Dr Julius Maada Bio and Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent surge in violence in the country. Vice President Dr [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2020: Lawyer representing some of the opposition political detainees arrested by the Bio-led government of Sierra Leone – Mr Ady Macauley, was himself arrested yesterday by police in Freetown, as the government continues its unlawful crackdown on political opponents. Yesterday’s report of the lawyer’s arrest [Read More]

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2020: Today marks 21 days since the arrest and detention of Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, without any charges being preferred to the courts against her person. The Constitution of Sierra Leone, is very clear on the protection of arbitrary arrests and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2020: After spending weeks in police custody without charge – contrary to the constitution of Sierra Leone and global human rights codes of conduct, there is growing concern for the health and wellbeing of Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden. She was arrested last month by police [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2020: Parliament of Sierra Leone last Thursday approved several appointees nominated by president Bio for high office in the public sector, including his ruling SLPP party chairman – Dr Prince Harding, who will take over as Chairman of the National Commission for Privatization. While many [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2020: David Maurice Panda-Noah, Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, yesterday took his oath of office in the presence of President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in accordance with Section 57 (Act No. 6) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. [Read More]

Bob Massally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2020: How low a depth of despair and despondency the SLPP/APC rivalry has sunk is clearly illustrated by a video that has gone viral on Facebook, depicting two Sierra Leoneans, apparently on a manhunt in the streets of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, for the [Read More]