Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25th September  2018: President Julius Maada Bio has joined over a hundred Heads of State and Government at the opening ceremony of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Delivering his opening address, the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres told World [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2018: After years of speculation – mainly by the opposition APC, as to whether the newly elected president of Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio is allowed to enter the United States or not, today, Sunday 23rd September 2018, State House Press Secretary – Yusuf [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2018: Conflict patterns in Africa have changed rapidly in recent years posing a challenge to peace and security. And as today is celebrated as the International Day of Peace 2018, Theo Neethling argues that the African Union must enter into strategic partnerships if it wants to guarantee [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2018: Today is the International Day of Peace, a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace – within and among nations and peoples. This year it’s celebrated in honour of the right to peace for every person in the world. Peace is only possible [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 September 2018: A Commonwealth Parliamentary Association delegation which also consists of members of Parliament from Britain, were in Freetown, Sierra Leone two days ago to gain first-hand experience and insight into political developments and realities on the ground. This visit comes after the electorally defeated opposition [Read More]

Felix Agbor Anyior Nkongho: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA), the leading human rights organization working to realize human rights in Cameroon,  strongly condemns the decision by the government of President Paul Biya (Photo) through its Regional Delegate of Transport [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: As the people of Sierra Leone eagerly await the formation of a judge-led commission of inquiry into corruption in the former APC government, recently proposed in a Bill to the Houses of parliament by the newly elected president Julius Maada Bio, in South Africa [Read More]

Concerned Sierra Leonean: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2018: During its failed bid to retain power in March, the APC party went apoplectic, condemning supposed foreign intervention aimed, it claimed, at orchestrating ‘regime change’. The party’s loudmouths particularly targeted the British as the chief villains of their threadbare fantasy. Guy [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2018: Under the auspices of the African Union, African leaders established the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in 2003 as an instrument for monitoring governance performance among member states. A self-monitoring instrument, APRM aims to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices leading to [Read More]