Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2018: After several days of frenzied and childish rants and rumours about the health of Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio and his performance in office by the opposition APC, the Catholic Bishops of the country yesterday told him – you are doing just fine [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2018: Sierra Leone is one of the most corrupt nations on the African continent, with an estimated 70% of public funds misappropriated by public officials. After ten years of poor governance by the ousted APC government led by president Ernest Bai Koroma, poverty continues to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: The former Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) – Ms Haja Kallah Kamara, along with the former director of finance – Abdulai Conteh, were yesterday arrested and detained at the Criminal Investigation Department, for alleged corruption and misappropriation of public funds. Both [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Thursday 2nd August 2018, approved forty-one presidential nominees for ambassadorial and other appointments. The approvals were made after a debate of the Eleventh Report of the Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, chaired by the Leader of Government [Read More]

State House Media: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2018: President Julius Maada Bio returned home yesterday, Wednesday, after attending the ECOWAS – ECCAS Summit which took place on 30th – 31st July 2018, in Lomé, Togo. President Bio’s return has drawn the curtain on the mischievous rumours regarding ill-health. With [Read More]

Sorie Fofana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2018: The National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition APC Party, Cornelius Deveaux, informed the nation yesterday that the former President of Sierra Leone and Chairman/Leader of the APC party, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, will be returning home today from a private vacation [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2018: When Chief Kandeh Yumkella launched his National Grand Coalition party in Sierra Leone, it was done with all the fanfare that he could muster. There is no doubt that he was seen by many as the new kid on the block. But [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2018: Rumours are rife about the whereabout of Sierra Leone’s former president Koroma, whose absence from the country for over a month now, has become the subject of immense speculation and debate. Today, there was optimism among his supporters that those speculations could come to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2018: The SLPP government, led by president Julius Maada says that “improving governance is one of the four components of its New Direction Strategy”. In this regard, the president says he has appointed some of the best hands Sierra Leone can provide as ministers. So [Read More]