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Government of Sierra Leone agrees to repeal criminal and seditious libel laws

September 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2019: Sierra Leone’s cabinet through the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Justice, yesterday, Wednesday 11th September 2019, approved a repeal of Part V of the 1965 Public Order Act. The Minister of Information and Communications, Abdul Rahman Swaray says that the [Read More]

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What the newspapers say in Sierra Leone today

September 13, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2019: News in Sierra Leone this morning is dominated by the story about president Bio’s snap meeting with the former president of the country – Ernest Bai Koroma and his opposition APC leadership. Most of the newspapers welcome the talks which took place yesterday at [Read More]

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President Bio holds talks with former president Koroma at State House

September 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 10

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2019: A high level meeting was held at State house this morning, Thursday, 12 September 2019, between the leadership of Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party and president Julius Maada Bio. Both sides have been at loggerheads since general and presidential elections [Read More]

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Cabinet ministers discuss fourth industrial revolution to improve policy and governance

September 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2019: Sierra Leone’s chief innovation officer – Dr David Moinina Sengeh, yesterday Wednesday 11 September 2019 held discussions at State House, with president Julius Maada Bio and his entire cabinet about the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The theme of their discussions was “Status Quo, Risks, [Read More]

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Public examinations in Sierra Leone: Public perception and the truth

September 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Ibrahim Sheriff: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2019: When results of the 2019 WASSCE examinations were announced in Sierra Leone, they were received with mixed perceptions.  Some say that public exposure of the results was very bad for the country. Some say it was good for the country. Those who [Read More]

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ACC saga raises more questions about how corruption is tackled

September 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 12

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2019: Sierra Leone is fast becoming a nation, loaded with paradoxical ironies. These paradoxical ironies do not only manifest themselves in the relationships between our rich mineral resources and abject poverty, but even extend to the violence and corruption that seems to have [Read More]

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Letter to the Chief Justice of Sierra Leone

September 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2019: Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party’s member of parliament – Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah – aka Chericoco (MP), has written a letter to the country’s Chief Justice, regarding the undue delay in setting a date for the Supreme Court hearing of the 2018 general [Read More]

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Let us give the ACC Commissioner our fullest support – OP ed

September 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Abdul Malik Bangura: 10 September 2019: President Bio has apologized on behalf of the ACC for the public exhibition of teachers caught in malpractice during the General Mathematics private WASSCE. However, I will implore that we all now use the same voice that made the President apologised to also call [Read More]

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ACC publicity stunt may now prevent suspects from receiving fair trial?

September 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sabatu Blango: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2019: Corruption is the misuse of public office or position for private gains. It is one of the reasons identified by the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its report, as the principal cause for the country’s eleven-year brutal rebel war. [Read More]

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