Politics & Law

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: An open Letter to H.E. Brig. Rtd. Dr Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone His Excellency Sir: Re: APPOINTMENT OF EDMOND ALPHA AS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER-A BREACH OF CONSTITUTTIONAL INTEGRITY AND A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY The appointment of Mr. Edmond Sylvester [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: In March 2025, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) faulted Sierra Leone’s Immigration Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for what can best be described as gross negligence and bastardisation of the 1991 Constitution. This condemnation comes after the renewal and extension [Read More]

ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: The recent remarks by the president of the United States, leveling personal criticisms against members of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not acceptable and cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2026: Commonwealth law ministers concluded their meeting in Fiji last Thursday, 12 February 2026, by committing to new measures aimed at strengthening legal protections for people amid growing democratic, economic and climate pressures. The commitments, set out in an outcome statement issued on 11 February [Read More]

Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2026: On February 12, 2026, we witnessed an unsettling moment at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1, one that should give every citizen pause, regardless of political affiliation. Lansana Dumbuya Esq., National Secretary General of the All Peoples’ Congress (APC), stood before Magistrate [Read More]

Dr Alie Kabba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2026: In 2015, under the APC government of former President Ernest Bai Koroma, I was arrested in what I can only describe as a grave abuse of state power. With the cooperation of willing hands within the system, I was denied bail [Read More]

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2026: What Section 7 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone Amendment Bill, 2025 proposes is what I term the judicialization of the election, a dangerous compression of constitutional rights into rigid procedural timelines that may ultimately weaken, rather than strengthen our [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2026: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has suspended the country’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, with effect from 8:30 a.m. today for failing to comply with a NLe350,000 fine imposed on the party, the political parties regulatory body has said. [Read More]

Rev. Dr. Andrew T. Gbandeh-Mitta: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2026: In the devastating aftermath of Koidu Limited’s (formerly known as Koidu Holdings) abrupt shutdown in May 2025, which resulted in the mass layoff of over 1,000 local workers amid bitter disputes over wages, exchange rates, working conditions, and inadequate [Read More]