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Can the executive decision of a sitting President of Sierra Leone be the subject of litigation after leaving office? Op ed

May 5, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Andrew Conteh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2022: While H.E Ernest Bai Koroma was serving as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone under the ticket of the All People’s Congress (APC), the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) had embarked on the construction of a multi-purpose market in [Read More]

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President Bio confers Sierra Leonean citizenship on 59 African Americans

May 3, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2022: Last Thursday, 28th April, a day after the country celebrated its 61st Independence anniversary, President Bio of Sierra Leone welcomed a group of 59 African Americans to the country and granted them Sierra Leonean citizenship. Although it is not certain how much revenue the [Read More]

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Yansaneh has failed, so let us rebuild the APC – Op ed

May 3, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Titus Boye-Thompson: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2022: Coming events cast their shadows and so the saying goes that what is to come is in itself offered to us by signs and premonition. The die has been cast. The Fisher verdict is not to be considered a spanner in the [Read More]

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President Bio receives Report into causes of Wellington fire disaster which killed over one hundred and fifty 

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received a report from the 15-man Presidential Taskforce set up to investigate the causes of the Wellington petrol tanker fire disaster which took place on the 5th of November last year, claiming the lives of over 150 people [Read More]

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High Court Judge Fisher orders APC executives to dissolve and make way for an interim committee

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2022: In the long-awaited conclusion of the legal battle between Alfred Peter Conteh and former president Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone – who is also chairman of the main opposition All People’s Congress party (APC), High Court Judge Adrian Fisher yesterday [Read More]

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Sierra Leone Bar Association condemns police arbitrary arrest of school teachers

April 29, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2022: The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) representing barristers in the country, yesterday issued a strong statement condemning the police for their arrest of three schoolteachers in the country after speaking out against the poor working conditions of teachers in Sierra Leone. A few days [Read More]

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Chairman of Teachers Solidarity in Sierra Leone arrested for speaking out on national television

April 28, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 April 2022: There is widespread anger among schoolteachers in Sierra Leone, after the arrest on Tuesday by police of Mr Khan, the Interim Chairman of Teachers Solidarity. He was snatched away by police outside popular TV station – AYV after speaking live on a programme about [Read More]

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President Bio addresses the nation on its 61st independence anniversary amid rising economic hardship

April 27, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: As the people of Sierra Leone reflect on 61 years of independence from Great Britain, rather than celebrate because of the harsh economic and financial difficulties gripping the nation, President Julius Maada Bio this morning delivered an address to the people, telling them that [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s UN Resident Coordinator congratulates the people of Sierra Leone on the country’s 61st Independence Anniversary

April 27, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone – Mr Babatunde Ahonsi, has today congratulated the people of Sierra Leone on the country’s attainment of 61 years of independence from Great Britain, which took place on 27th April 1961. This is what he said in his [Read More]

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