Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2022: Many would argue that discrimination has existed since the creation of Adam and Eve, be it tribal, religious, gender, or any other social construct. But the reality is that some societies are more fixated on these social constructs than others, especially in poorer countries [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 July 2022: Last Friday, 22 July 2022, newly appointed members of Sierra Leone’s Judicial and Legal Service Commission – Ms. Michaela Eddinia Swallow, Anthony M. B. Aruna and Sheku A. T. Tamu, took their oath of office after their recent appointment by President Dr Julius Maada [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2022: “Democracy is being overthrown not necessarily through the barrel of the gun, rather, through the ballot box, aided and abated by the very institutions which ought to protect it. “Even worse, administrations borne out of such democratic coup d’états have failed to learn from [Read More]

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2022: It was an honour to participate in the Africa Drive For Democracy Conference yesterday. This convening of members of the African democratic community is aimed at renewing commitments to the promotion of democratic ideas nationally, regionally, and continentally. Hosted in Arusha, Tanzania [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2022: Kemi Badenoch, who currently serves in the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Minister for Local Government, Faith and Communities at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Equalities, has today emerged as kingmaker in the ruling Conservative [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2022: A new legislation proposed by the government of Sierra Leone which many believe could bring in sweeping changes to the country’s electoral laws, has generated mixed reactions from the public and media. The Public Elections Bill 2022 is currently being debated in parliament, with [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2022: Sierra Leone Police continues its onslaught against female politicians in the country, with the arrest and detention without charge yesterday of Madam Yabome Sesay, who is the Chairperson of Tonkolili District Council – an opposition APC controlled council in the north of the country. [Read More]

Charlie J. Hughes: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2022: When Sierra Leoneans go the polls in June 2023 it will be the country’s fifth routine multiparty elections since 2002. Sierra Leone has achieved a great feat that would be the envy of most countries on the continent. While arguments can [Read More]

Jaime Yaya Barry: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2022: Imagine spending so much time and resources on changing electoral laws to help you remain in power, and immediately you lose the elections right after changing the rules. Then the very laws you wanted to use against others eventually start working [Read More]