Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2019: President Julius Maada Bio’s delivery of his televised and radio broadcast state opening of parliament address, was overshadowed today by the spectacular walking out by opposition APC MPs, who are protesting against what they see as the president’s abuse of power. But their walk [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress Party (APC) members of parliament, today staged a dramatic walk out of the country’s parliament as the president was about to deliver his state opening of parliament address. Dressed in their red communist combatant style beret, the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s vice president Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh yesterday called on citizens to respect and obey the laws of the land; and that no one should be worried as long as they remain peaceful and law abiding. Speaking at yesterday’s commemoration of International Labour [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2019: Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, Tuesday 30th April 2019,  approved president Bio’s appointment of Mr Augustine Foday Ngobie as the new Deputy Commissioner of the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). His predecessor – Mr Shollay Davies who was appointed five years ago, by president Ernest Bai [Read More]

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2019: This week is an historic period for the people of Sierra Leone, as  we marked the 58th Independence Anniversary of the country’s troubled past, last Saturday – 27th April 2019. At age 58, many countries that are far younger than Sierra [Read More]

Sierra leone Telegraph: 29 April 2019: Last Saturday, 27 April 2019 was Sierra Leone’s 58th Independence Anniversary, and as is customary, president Julius Maada Bio recognised and awarded many Sierra Leoneans and non-Sierra Leoneans for their distinguished contributions to national life and nation building. Hundreds of dignitaries gathered at State [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2019: There are mixed feelings across Sierra Leone today, as the country marks 58 years of independence from Great Britain on the 27 of April 1961. The government is virtually broke. The president says there is no money for celebrations. But with the high costs [Read More]

Mohamed Macarthy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2019: Independence celebration is observed on the 27th April every year and is one of the principal celebrations in the history of Sierra Leone. The attainment of Independence from Great Britain was led by the country’s first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, as [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2019: 58 years ago, on 27th April 1961, Sierra Leone’s first prime minister – Dr Sir Milton Margai, spoke to the people of Sierra Leone about the kind of nation they should expect in the coming years, after gaining independence from Britain, and what it [Read More]