Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2019: Political dialogue is in short supply in Sierra Leone right now, following last Friday’s violence at the country’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party offices, where police used lethal force to stop the dangerous escalation of violence. Several APC supporters and their party [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 June 2019: After yesterday’s chaos and violence in the west of Freetown’s district of Brookfields in Sierra Leone, the dust is yet to settle and the recriminations have started. The police are being accused of serious human rights abuses, after they fired volleys of tear gas [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2019: A peaceful protest and demonstration organised by Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party has today turned ugly, as violence erupted outside the party’s office in Freetown, where crowds of supporters had gathered in their red party colours to protest against what the party describes [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2019: Yesterday, the Parliament of Sierra Leone debated and unanimously approved the recommendations of the Appointments and Public Service Committee, which include president Bio’s appointment of Alie Kabba as the country’s representative at the United Nations in New York. The removal of Alie Kabba as [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2019: Parliamentarians yesterday concluded their deliberations into the president’s State Opening of Parliament address delivered several weeks ago. The Leader of the NGC party, Alhaji Dr. Kandeh Yumkella MP, commended President Bio for the detailed speech he delivered to Parliament, which he said took “four [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), says it has entered into a repayment settlement agreement with three former officials of the country’s revenue and tax collection agency – the National Revenue Authority (NRA). The three NRA officials – Sama Sesay, Abdul Mohamed Kargbo and Joseph [Read More]
Rev. G. Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2019: For three days, May 23 – 25, 2019, Sierra Leoneans converged at the Bintumani International Conference Center at Aberdeen in Freetown for a National Dialogue Forum on Democratic Consolidation for Peace and National Cohesion in Sierra Leone, dubbed – Bintumani 3. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2019: The controversial peace and national cohesion conference – Bintumani Three, staged by president Julius Maada Bio as a precursor to the establishment of a National Peace and Cohesion Commission has ended. Now the hard work begins. Boycotted by the main opposition All People’s Congress [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s national peace and cohesion conference, dubbed by president Bio as Bintumani Three has kicked off this morning to a good start, with speeches by representatives of various facets of society. But it is the president’s keynote statement, marking the opening of the [Read More]
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