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Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism and police brutality – Op-ed

June 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

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]

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President Bio receives 2018 public procurement assessment report  

June 16, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

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]

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Brazen armed robbers arrested during curfew in Freetown

June 15, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

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]

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Chief Justice denies allegation of interfering in the Palo Conteh treason trial 

June 14, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 15

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s social media rumour mill went into overdrive three days ago, when a post was circulated by an unknown author alleging that the country’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards “tries to interfere with Palo Treason trial Jurors”. (Photo above: Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde [Read More]

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Yesterday in court – Dr. Blyden lectures Attorney General on the laws of Sierra Leone

June 13, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 14

Sierra Leone Telegraph court correspondent: 13 June 2020: It was a sight to behold at the Freetown magistrate court No.1 yesterday, when popular Sierra Leone female presidential aspirant and leading Journalist Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, lectured the country’s  Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dr. Priscilla Schwartz (Photo above), on [Read More]

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Is Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister the problem?

June 13, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 16

Elkass Sannoh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2020: Recently, I was researching and desperately finding credible information about the Office of the Chief Minister when I stumbled on information about how the Chief Minister, Professor David Francis, in 2015 endorsed a new book published by one of the leading and [Read More]

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Dr Sylvia Blyden’s case adjourned without bail

June 12, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Sierra Leone Telegraph Court Reporter: 12 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare in the Koroma-led APC government – Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, today appeared at the Magistrate court in Freetown after spending almost six weeks in detention. She was arrested on the 1st of May 2020, by [Read More]

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Revised Public Order Act –  well begun is half done

June 12, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2020: Some things are as constant in political party manifestoes in Sierra Leone as the Northern star. One such thing is the promise to revamp our agriculture so we will be able to feed ourselves and cut off rice importation. Another is repealing [Read More]

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President Bio reinstates minister who threatens to kill opposition supporters

June 12, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 18

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2020: A few weeks ago, a senior minister in the Bio-led SLPP government – Abu Abu Koroma, made the news, but for all the wrong reasons – he threatened to kill opposition supporters suspected of violent conduct. He also said – he will go  after [Read More]

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