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ACC case against Samura Kamara unravels as first prosecution witness fumbles with exhibits

March 6, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Santigie Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2022: Last Friday, Sierra Leone’s former minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Samura Kamara, appeared in the High Court No1 in Freetown before the Honourable Justice Adrian Fischer. Kamara, the front runner in the race to lead the main opposition All Peoples [Read More]

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The Yumkella conundrum – Will he stay with NGC or return to SLPP?

March 6, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2021: Two weeks ago, President Bio extended an olive branch to Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the figure head of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, while visiting Samu chiefdom in the Kambia district – the political heartland of Kandeh Yumkella’s political party, where all [Read More]

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Lawyers acting for Freetown Mayor Aki Sawyerr take legal action

March 2, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2022: The decision of president Bio’s government to shut down the Freetown City Council’s Mayor’s Delivery Unit with immediate effect,  has been met with a strongly worded letter from lawyers acting for the Mayor, who say that the minister of local government’s decison is unlawful. [Read More]

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Freetown City Council inquiry report: a case of “working from answer to sum”?

March 2, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2022: Have you ever worked on a mathematical question for which you already know the answer (by some means-spying or being deliberately given the answer beforehand)? A friend of mine did and when he got the answer of three and half men by [Read More]

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President Bio renews commitment to help combat people trafficking    

March 1, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2022: Yesterday, President Julius Maada Bio renewed his government’s commitment to working with stakeholders and development partners to address people trafficking – a form of modern-day slavery that constitutes a crime against the individual and the state. In his keynote statement to the opening of [Read More]

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African Union condemns ill-treatment of Africans trying to leave Ukraine amid Russian bombing

March 1, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2022: The current Chair of the African Union and President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat (Photo), are following closely the developments in Ukraine and are said to be particularly disturbed by reports [Read More]

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APC condemns sustained harassment and attacks on Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr

February 27, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2022: Following last week’s controversial decision by the minister of local government – Tamba Lamina to shut down the Freetown City Council’s Mayor’s Delivery Unit, based on recommendations of an investigations report into the management of the Council, the main opposition All People’s Congress Party [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission urges public officials and ministers to declare their assets

February 26, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2022: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) which is led by Francis Ben Kaifala is urging all public officials including elected politicians and ministers, to ensure that they declare their assets before the end of March. In a Public Notice published on the 24th of February [Read More]

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Rights group calls for the rights of opposition politician Kamarainba to be respected in prison

February 26, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 February 2022: After two years in prison for a bailable offence which the government of Sierra Leone is refusing to honour, opposition leader Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray may die behind bars if access to urgent medical surgery for cancer is not provided. Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray was arrested [Read More]

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