Politics & Law

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2023: Supporters of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP) rejoicing that the change of batons between the boldly speaking Ambassador David Reimer and his successor Bryan D. Hunt will represent a paradigm shift in the United States’ present policies towards Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 August 2023: Local Ward Councillors, Mayors and Chairpersons of Local Councils across Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, who were elected at the June 2023 elections to represent the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Party, yesterday boycotted the government’s planned swearing-in ceremony in continuation of their protest [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: 18 August 2023: As controversial as the question in the title might sound, Africa and especially its generations need to wrap their heads round this question. In the face of democracy as a concept, it is difficult to justify military/junta governments. It is doubly difficult to justify governments [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2023: It is now over seven weeks since President Bio was sworn in as the elected President of Sierra Leone, marking his second and final term in office, following a controversial election held in June 2023 that saw the main opposition All Peoples Congress Party [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2023: There are unconfirmed reports making the rounds on social media, claiming that Francis Ben Kaifala – head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been sent on study leave to retirement from the ACC. These reports come, following a tweet posted on social media [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2023: Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party has published a statement denying claims that the party has agreed to abandon its “non-engagement with the Bio-led government” policy, following a meeting between party leaders and representatives of the country’s Inter-Religious Council. This statement comes as the [Read More]

Sylvanus Fornah Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2023: The current political impasse in Sierra Leone can be visible and sadly seen in the country’s Parliament, which clearly shows that the Parliament is a One-Party Parliament, designed and created by the country’s Chief Electoral Commissioner’s refusal to publish the June [Read More]

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2023: British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone – Lisa Chesney, when you foreign diplomats on whom so much is expected remain so naive and hypocritical, that is why Africa will never grow tired of producing despicable dictators and tyrants like Maada Bio. How [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2023: Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Abuja, Nigeria yesterday Thursday for an emergency summit to discuss their response to last month’s military takeover in Niger, after ECOWAS deadline for the coup leaders to release ousted President Bazoum [Read More]