Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2020: Sierra Leone has appointed its first female Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). She is Mrs. Elizabeth Augusta Turay. Her appointment comes, following concerns raised about the gender balance at the top of the police force, as well as the recent escalation of youth [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph court correspondent: 05 June 2020: Palo Conteh is charged on a 13 count indictment. Two of those counts – 15 and 16, relate to allegations of making a false statement on oath otherwise than in a judicial proceedings, contrary to section 2(1) of the Perjury Act of [Read More]
Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: This year’s Presidential address at the State opening of Parliament, as with previous ones outlined progress made by government over the past year and its plans for the next one year. It is difficult to dissect all aspects of the speech in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2020: Last Friday, 29 May, she was out on bail amidst jubilation from family and friends. But yesterday, she was rearrested and sent to prison detention for allegedly breaching court’s ‘sub-judice’ rules. Sub-judice rules make it illegal for anyone involved in a trial to comment [Read More]
Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 June 2020: The speechwriter, or ghost writer if you like, who penned down President Julius Maada Bio’s speech, which he delivered in the Well of Parliament last Thursday on the “Occasion of the State Opening of the Third Session of the Fifth [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2020: After thirty days in detention, FBC student and child rights activist – Hussain Muckson Sesay, was this morning freed on bail. He was discharged from the Pademba Road maximum security prison where he had been detained after his arrest for publishing a photo of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2020: Yesterday, 31st May 2020, is a day many in Sierra Leone – especially opposition APC supporters, who according to the results of the last general elections make up over 50% of the popular votes polled, remembered as another sad day in the country’s political [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2020: She is out on bail at last. After spending over three weeks in police detention without charge, and only to be taken to court a few days ago to answer to a ten-counts charge – ranging from seditious libel against the president to perverting [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2020: Today’s state of the nation address delivered by president Bio at the opening of the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone, is possibly one of the most crucial messages the president has delivered to the people of [Read More]
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