Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: Following a statement published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation last week, Dr Mo Ibrahim commented yesterday, 8 January 2019, on the unfolding political situation in Sudan. The Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said, “70 % of the budget [Read More]
State House Freetown: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: The former Head of State, Valentine Strasser is alive and still admitted at the Aspen Medical Hospital in Freetown. Following the Executive Clearance by His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: The Commissioner of the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) – Francis Ben Kaifala and his Directors, yesterday met with the newly appointed Chief Justice – Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, at his Law Court Buildings in Freetown, to strengthen ties between the ACC and the office [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2019: Sierra Leone’s former head of the military regime which overthrew the APC government of president Joseph Saidu Momoh in 1992 – Captain valentine Strasser, is seriously ill at the Aspen Medical Hospital in the capital Freetown, where he was visited last Saturday, 5th January, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 January 2019: The body representing Barristers in Sierra Leone – the Sierra Leone Bar Association, has today filed a 20-page Supreme Court action, seeking an interpretation of the country’s Constitution with regards the rules governing the establishment of commissions of inquiry in Sierra Leone. In a [Read More]
Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 January 2019: I wish all Sierra Leoneans a happy and prosperous New Year. Though 2018 was a challenging year, our people emerged as winners. They were able to exercise their democratic rights to vote and elect a new government. As we look [Read More]
Tamba Lamina: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 January 2019: As someone representing the interest of Sierra Leone, I understand why some would prefer that I sit back and quietly enjoy the comical drama unfolding around my corner of the country, instead of voicing any opinion. But as a patriotic Sierra Leonean [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 January 2019: There are unconfirmed reports of the former sacked Vice President of Sierra Leone in the Koroma-led APC government – Chief Alhaji Sam Sumana, receiving $2 million from former President Ernest Bai Koroma in Makeni yesterday Friday, to take over the leadership of the opposition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 January 2019: Since his election in March 2018 as president of Sierra Leone, critics of president Julius Maada Bio, especially the opposition APC, have accused the president of tribalism and selective justice, in his pursuit of public officials alleged to have misappropriated public funds or abused [Read More]
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