Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2018: Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, the former United Nations Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, returned to his native land Sierra Leone in 2016 to help rebuild the country after decades of economic decline. [Read More]

Bashiru Vandi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2018: The typical British autumnal weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of jubilant NGC-UK members and supporters, who came out to meet Dr Kandeh Yumkella, Dr Andrew Keili and Mrs Philomena Yumkella last Saturday in London, as well as in Manchester [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2018: Yesterday, Saturday 6th October, president Bio and the First Lady – Mrs Fatima Bio, visited 34 Military Hospital, Connaught Hospital and the Emergency Hospital to sympathise with the civilian, military, and police victims of the two road accidents which took place last week in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2018: The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone – Mrs Fatima Bio, told young Africans at the Hall of Fame Award event in New York, that when women are empowered in Africa then Africa will be empowered. She made this statement during an [Read More]

Sierra Leone telegraph: 5 October 2018: Officials at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone, yesterday told the Sierra Leone Telegraph that they are seeking the extradition of the country’s fugitive former head of immigration- Mr Kholifa Koroma, who is alleged to have sold and unlawfully issued Sierra Leone passport [Read More]

Abdulrahman Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 September 2018: Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been roped in the ongoing Hajjgate trial at the High Court of Sierra Leone. Lawyer Hindolo M. Gavao, lead counsel for the second defendant Victor Bockarie Foh, on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 requested that [Read More]

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2018: This past week has been historic for Sierra Leone and its people. It was the first entrance into the United States by president Julius Maada Bio since his election last March. Considering his controversial departure from the United States few years [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2018: Delivering his keynote address at the ‘Justice 2030: Time for Action’ high-level event in New York on Tuesday 25 September 2018, president Julius Maada Bio said that access to justice is central to the development of Sierra Leone. The president was addressing lawyers, diplomats, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2018: The Parliament of Sierra Leone yesterday, Tuesday 2nd October 2018, approved president Bio’s appointment of professor Kelfala Kallon as the country’s new central bank governor. His approval was made by MPs after debating – with some dissenting voices, the Twelfth Report of the Committee [Read More]