Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2019: President Julius Maada Bio has finally reshuffled his cabinet ministers, after much anticipation. But is it the cabinet reshuffle that is expected to begin to put energy behind his government’s New Direction to achieve the change that the electorate voted for in March 2018? [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2019: Following continuous accusations of human rights abuse and public outcry by some civil society groups and the main opposition political party – the APC, against the Bio led SLPP government, the ministry of information and communications has today published a statement, denying those accusations. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2019: There are dozens of newspapers printed almost daily in Sierra Leone And with the current heated political climate in the country, created by a war of words between the ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC over constitutionality, parliamentary procedures, justice and the rule [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2019: As Muslims all over Sierra Leone and throughout the world today progressed through their third day of Ramadan – fasting, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, wife of president Julius Maada Bio – Mrs Fatima Bio, has offered best wishes and prayers for the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2019: Last week, the chairman of Sierra Leone’s Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts – Sengepoh Thomas MP, wrote a letter to the country’s Anti-Corruption Czar – Francis Ben Kaifala, directing the ACC to commence investigations into the findings of the Auditor General’s Report on the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2019: As political tension continues to rise in Sierra Leone, after last week’s walking out of parliament by the main opposition APC party, in protest at what they see as the SLPP government’s abuse of power, the heat has been directed at civil society activists [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2019: As anger grows in Freetown over the SLPP government’s continuing forceful repossession of lands and property owned by Krio families in the capital into State ownership, the country’s Bar Association representing Barristers, has today published a statement condemning the government’s action. The ministry of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2019: Last week the editor of the Sierra Leone Telegraph contacted Sierra Leone’s minister of lands – Dr Denis Sandy, about allegations of heavy-handed government grabbing of ancestral land belonging to Krio families in the country’s capital Freetown. Minister Sandy was unapologetic, if not undiplomatic [Read More]
Amin Kef: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2019: A concerned constitutionalist has spoken about the many complaints made against Sierra Leone’s Minister of Lands – Dr. Denis Sandy. He said that the fundamental role of any government is the protection and promotion of the rights and liberties of its citizens, [Read More]
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