Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2019: Two senior officials in the Bio led government working in the ministry of information, were yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment each, after a High court hearing found them guilty of misappropriation of public funds. Both president Bio and the Anti-Corruption Czar – Francis [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2019: The leadership of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, the National Grand Coalition (NGC), and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) yesterday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with elections stakeholders – the National Electoral Commission (NEC), the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2019: Yesterday, Monday 25 February 2019, Germany’s minister of foreign affairs – Heiko Maas, held talks with president Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. Addressing president Bio, the German Foreign Minister said he is excited about visiting Sierra Leone for the first time, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2019: Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone return to parliament today, after last week’s controversial and unprecedented decision by the Speaker of the House – Dr Abbas Bundu, to grant parliamentary assent to the president’s proposal to declare a state of public emergency on rape, without seeking [Read More]
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2019: The Declaration of a State of Emergency by H.E. Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio in an attempt to seemingly address the increasing spate of the incidence of rape, has raised worrying eyebrows to many persons and organizations, including the Bar [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2019: Yesterday, Friday 22nd February 2019, the Parliament of Sierra Leone debated and approved with some dissenting voices, a presidential proclamation on the commission of rape against women, girls and babies in the country. The Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu ruled in finality [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2019: Last Thursday, 21st February, the Cuban Charge d’ Affairs in Sierra Leone, Mr Felix Raul Rojas Cruz met Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Dr Alie Kabba, at his Tower Hill Office in Freetown to discuss and strengthen bilateral ties [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2019: There has been a flood of condemnation following the visit of President Bio and his entourage to The Gambia last week. It is obvious that his visit, among other issues was firmly centred on the bilateral relationship between these two countries. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2019: The family of gruesomely murdered former president of the Pharmaceutical Board Association – Mr Justin Patrick Johnson are still waiting for justice to be done, after seven years paralysis of the country’s justice system. Too often one hears the phrase – ‘justice delayed is justice [Read More]
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