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]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2023: Exactly a year ago today in Sierra Leone, dozens of people were shot dead by security forces in street protests against rising cost of living and human rights abuses. Twelve months on, Sierra Leone has regressed. The country’s economy has slumped, inflation is running [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2023: President Bio’s announcement in Parliament last week that he will soon be setting up a committee led by the country’s vice president – Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to review the country’s elections processes, including the working of the Electoral Commission, may be taking little traction [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2023: Former Chief Superintendent of the Sierra Leonean Police – Mohammed Yetey Turay, was detained last weekend by Liberian Police after tip-off from Sierra Leone Police who say they are conducting investigations into alleged plot to topple the Bio-led government. Mohammed Yetey Turay has been [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2023: As the deadline imposed by leaders of the West African bloc – ECOWAS, for coup leaders in Niger to release the ousted president who is under house arrest for over a week – approaches its closing hours, it is still unclear whether ECOWAS will [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2023: Head of Sierra Leone’s Army – Lieutenant General P K Lavahun, last week disclosed that a total of 14 people including six senior officers and five lower ranking personnel of the army have so far been arrested for alleged subversion, after police swoop across [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 August 2023: There seems to be a new political wind blowing across the Sahel, and the congealed ideologies within this wind of change is generally felt across the African continent. If the recent spate of coups and counter coups popping up along the region [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 August 2023: After weeks of political crisis in Sierra Leone, following the controversial outcome of the June 24 presidential and general elections, President Julius Maada has announced the formation of a National Electoral Systems Committee to review the 2023 elections. But critics, including the main opposition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 August 2023: Several senior military officers have been arrested in Sierra Leone, after weeks of political instability following the conclusion of presidential and general elections held on 24th of June 2023. According to a statement published by the police yesterday, the senior military officers were among [Read More]
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