Politics & Law

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 January 2019: Last week, a Sierra Leonean living in America – Gibril Bangura, published a video on social media calling for members of his All People’s Congress (APC) party to march to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Freetown, Sierra Leone and burn down [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 January 2019: On Friday, 28th December 2018, National Secretary General of the opposition All Peoples Congress  (APC) party – Osman Yansaneh,  issued a public statement, stating that his party will not subject itself to any Kangaroo court style commission of inquiry. Osman Yansaneh said the commission [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 January 2019: Sierra Leone’s former minister of defence – Palo Conteh, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) last week, has been freed on bail pending further investigations. Conteh is alleged to have been involved in the misappropriation of tens of millions of dollars in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 December 2018: Last weekend president Julius Maada held talks with the country’s security chiefs at a dinner hosted by his wife – the First Lady – Mrs Fatima Bio at the Presidential Lodge, Hill Station, West of the capital Freetown, where he called for more and [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2018: The long-awaited commission of inquiry in Sierra Leone has been slated to commence in the New Year. There is no doubt that among other policy changes and statements, this has been one of the most eye-catching statements of intent from the embryonic [Read More]

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2018: From Jaiama Sewafe in Kono District to Freetown in the Western Area, the Presidential elections have long seemed like a battle of contests in optimism; the candidate with the most upbeat message usually wins. Sierra Leone is going through one of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2018: Yesterday, Friday 21st December 2018, the parliament of Sierra Leone approved Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards as the country’s new Chief Justice, after the abrupt, though expected resignation of Justice Hamid Charm. A unanimous vote of confidence and approval was given by MPs, after a debate [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2018: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone and the Anti-Corruption Czar – Francis Ben Kaifala will no doubt take a lot of comfort from the findings of the latest Afro Barometer round 7 corruption perception index report, published this week in Freetown by the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2018: Yesterday, 20th December 2018, president Julius Maada Bio had Christmas dinner at State House with 800 disadvantaged kids from various communities across the capital Freetown. The president said he was pleased to have so many children from disadvantaged backgrounds celebrating Christmas with him. Children [Read More]