John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: I have been following the debate in Parliament with great interest. Like many Sierra Leoneans, I spent almost the entire day on Tuesday and well into 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday listening to Members of Parliament debate the proposed amendments to our [Read More]
American Bar Association: Sierra Leone Telegraph : 30 July 2026 : The American Bar Association (ABA) strongly condemns personal attacks on judges by government officials and calls on all public officials, lawyers and citizens to reject rhetoric that targets judges or seeks to delegitimize the judiciary because of disagreement with [Read More]
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendments Bill will be voted on by parliamentarians today. The significance of this vote cannot be overstated. In my opinion, the two most important clauses in the Bill are in respect of the electoral system and the threshold [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: A constitution is more than a collection of rules. It is a covenant between the state and its citizens—a restraint on power, a guarantee of political equality, and a framework for resolving national disagreements without violence. That is why the Constitution [Read More]
Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Honourable Members of Parliament of Sierra Leone, history remembers leaders who chose principle over expediency and the national good over political interest. The vote on the Constitutional Amendment Bill is one such moment. I appeal to you, not as partisans, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2026: Sierra Leone’s Speaker of Parliament, Segepoh Solomon Thomas, has named Aminata Sesay, opposition APC member of parliament representing the people of Port Loko District, as a member of the newly constituted Ad hoc Parliamentary Oversight Committee for the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL). [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2027: Sierra Leone investigates stolen money through commissions, hearings and sanctions. But when citizens are killed, the nation is too often met with silence, delay and unanswered questions. Now, reports that former presidents may be granted immunity threaten to turn that silence [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2026: For centuries, rulers have sought protection from the consequences of their failures by shifting blame onto those around them. Under monarchies, the king was often regarded as divinely appointed and therefore beyond error. When mistakes were made, courtiers, servants, advisers, or [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2026: Ernest Bai Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone this morning returned to Freetown, after spending over two years in political exile in Abuja, Nigeria, under the auspices of President Tinubu. His return has sparked questions as to whether he is now a free [Read More]
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