Politics & Law

Professor Jimmy D. Kandeh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 April 2022: The wars powerful States like to fight are precisely the ones they tend to lose. Wars of aggression against weaker opponents have not always ended well for aggressor States, not because of hard power deficits but because they overestimate their [Read More]

ACC Comms Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2022: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this Third (3rd) media release continues to inform the general public on the actions it has taken so far on issues raised in the 2019 and 2020 Auditor General’s Reports. These interventions focused on aspects of [Read More]

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2022: There is a Mende saying, “Numu bay wufe bu mua vaji ma”. Literally, this means, “One should not be ashamed of his/her bathing bucket”. This is so true. After all, your bathing bucket sees your nakedness all the time, so why should [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2022: Democrats – individual leaders and institutions – are becoming increasingly concerned about the pace with which democracy is eroding in West Africa. The attendant effect of the military re-emerging on the political scene has made things even more desperate. The consensus is that power [Read More]

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2022: Today I participated in the Women in Government Forum at the World Government Summit in Dubai. It was a pleasure to listen to my dear friend and fellow Amujae Leader Hon Clare Akamanzi, CEO Rwanda Development Board and Cabinet Member. [Read More]

Anthony Kamara, Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2022: Nations that face serious economic, political, and developmental challenges often fail to meet their citizens’ basic needs. In the case of fragile, resource endowed and mismanaged Sierra Leone, Hon. Kandeh Yumkella noted that for a vast majority of his compatriots, their [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2022: Yesterday, Wednesday 23 March, former President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, urged West African leaders, policy makers, civil society, and diplomats to step up their acts in stemming the re-emergence of coups and the eroding of democratic good governance in the sub-region. President [Read More]

ACC Media Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2022: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in this second report, wishes to update the general public of the actions and steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in the Audit Reports of Sierra Leone 2019 and 2020. These interventions focused on [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2022: NGC Chaiman and National Leader, Dr Dennis Bright was invited to the CID headquarters in Freetown this morning, where he was detained by Police. Speaking yesterday at an APC rally for the 073 Koya By-election, which he attended as part of the Consortium of [Read More]