Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner last Thursday, 18th April 2019, met with several Deputy Ministers to discuss feedback and reports posted by citizens on the Pay No Bribe (PNB) campaign reporting platform about their respective ministries. The PNB reporting platform gives citizens the opportunity to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2019: The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone – Desmond Babatunde Edwards has established a Special Division of the High Court to expeditiously deal with those charged to court by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Sierra Leone’s judiciary is notorious for delaying cases at a heavy cost to the [Read More]

Zipporah Musau: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2019: In the fight for gender equality, women around the world have advanced in small and large ways. Yet for women in Africa, progress is measured in micro steps, and the struggle has a long way to go. The good news is that [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: “I wake up every day believing that our country should no longer be defined by the stigma of the past.  The future offers more hope and opportunity for all. It matters more to me that young men and women all across the country can [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: The newly appointed Commissioners of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) held their first press conference yesterday at their Tower Hill  office in Freetown, where they reminded the government of  its obligation – to respect, protect, and guarantee human rights in the [Read More]

Sinneh Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2019: Sierra Leone government chief minister – Professor David Francis, has called on six defaulting government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to submit their Proactive Disclosure Publication Schemes to the Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC) by 30th May 2019, after failing to [Read More]

Dennis Kabatto: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2019: The International Labor Organization (ILO) was founded in 1919. It brings together governments, employers and workers with a mission to defend workers’ rights, encourage decent job opportunities and advocate for social justice. Last Wednesday, representatives of the 187 ILO member states gathered [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London has today announced that the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone – Mr Guy Warrington, will be replaced in September 2019 by Mr Simon Mustard. Mr Guy Warrington who succeeded Mr Peter West as British High [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Yesterday, president Bio and the mayor of the capital Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr, arrived in Canada for a five-day Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference, where president Bio will deliver a keynote speech on ‘Leadership’. The TED conference is taking place in Vancouver, [Read More]