Politics & Law

Constitutional Amendment Bill 2025 and the judicialization of election processes – Op ed

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]

Politics & Law

Nigeria and UK deepen defence cooperation to mitigate contemporary security challenges

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: In a strategic effort to strengthen Nigeria’s response to evolving security challenges through sustained international defence collaboration, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General OO Oluyede on 6 February 2026, received Dr Richard Montgomery, the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria at Defence Headquarters, [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sour relationship as Sierra Leone Electoral Commission bars elections watchdog

Kelvin Jay (Voices of Salone): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: Tensions between the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) and National Elections Watch (NEW) have reportedly deepened following the controversy surrounding the 2023 General Elections, with NEW accusing the Commission of deliberate exclusion and attempts to silence independent election [Read More]