Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Next round of presidential and general elections are not due in Sierra Leone for another five years, but the country’s main opposition political party – the All People’s Congress (APC), today moves one step closer to achieving the much-needed reform that many in the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Following a spate of communal violence and what the opposition parties describe as politically motivated attacks against their supporters and strongholds, the president of Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio promised to establish a Commission for Peace and National Cohesion. But that announcement was [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: Tuesday 20 November 2018 marked World Children’s Day, and the United Nations called for governments, civic organisations and ordinary people globally to “put children back on the agenda”. There are several ways this could be done, says Julia Sloth-Nielsen – writing in theconversation.com. Children’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 November 2018: The spectacular defeat of the All People’s Congress Party (APC) at the polls last March, prompted calls for a comprehensive review of the party’s performance at the elections, which is expected to culminate in a root and branch reform of the party. Yesterday, APC [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph : 20 November 2018: Fix Solution (SL) Ltd. in conjunction with the Sierra Leone Correctional Service has introduced a biometric registration system for convicted law offenders at the Pademba road male correctional centre and the female correctional centre in Brookfields, Freetown. Speaking about the rationale behind the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2018: Journalists and the media in several African countries are facing increasing state hostility and persecution, according to the Africa Media initiative (AMI). Writing in a statement published today, the AMI is calling for immediate action to halt this worrying tend, which, if allowed to [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2018: Born in 1972, Chernor Maju Bah also popularly known as Chericoco is a Member of Parliament representing constituency 126 in the country’s capital, Freetown. He was, from 2012 to 2017, the country’s deputy speaker of parliament. Bah rose to political stardom [Read More]
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2018: The government of Sierra Leone is being sued at the Country’s Supreme Court for allegations of serious violations of fundamental human rights, said to have been committed by Nigerian troops in 1998-2000 against innocent Sierra Leoneans, during the country’s civil war. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2018: Dame Graça Machel, one of Africa’s foremost advocates for the rights of women and children, has called on African women and policy makers to challenge gender inequality and inadequate female representation in the continent’s business and economic, political and policy space. “Africa’s socio-economic transformation [Read More]
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