Politics & Law

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 December 2017: As jokes come and go, Sierra Leone’s political landscape has been anything but. It all started when 26 people turned up at the national convention of the APC party, vying for the position of the flag bearer. By any standards, having 26 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 December 2017 President Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 21 December 2017, received a rousing welcome in Pujehun township, where he extended his ‘thank you’ to the people for giving him the opportunity to serve as president for two consecutive terms. According to State House Communication Unit [Read More]

 Julius Maada Bio: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 December 2017 Each year at Christmas, we celebrate a very profound gift – the birth of a child who dedicated his life to a message of charity, peace, love and redemption. Every Christmas, we remind ourselves – whether we are poor or rich, [Read More]

Sheikh Umarr Kamarah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2017: Many have either wondered, or asked the question, “What is new about the National Grand Coalition?” It is a fair question, considering the plethora of political parties that springs up every election cycle, only to either evaporate to smithereens under the [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2017 On a visit to Sierra Leone in 2010, I travelled the length and breadth of Freetown. I observed the economic activity and social interactions. I listened to political conversations, and was able to form a judgement about the rate and pace of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2017: Freetown was brought to a standstill on the 14th of August 2017, when a massive mudslide caused by heavy rains after many years of deforestation by illegal settlers, killed about a thousand people and hundreds injured, including children. Thousands of homes were destroyed, leaving [Read More]

The ECOWAS Youth Council: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2017: The ECOWAS Youth Council (EYC), after extensive deliberation and regional consultation, is using this medium to call on the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, led by His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma, to respect and honour the ruling of [Read More]

Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Following the disastrous re-launch of the Port Loko Bankasoka Dam by the ruling APC government to score cheap popularity and political points, questions abound the day after – inside State House, about who was to blame for the fiasco. The ruling party’s [Read More]

Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Perhaps no major political or humanitarian disaster is as overlooked as the ongoing crisis in Libya. For example, although the New York Times in September 2017 published a total of seven articles mentioning Libya, only one of them touched on the violence [Read More]