The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Violence in Freetown as police fire bullets and tear gas at crowds celebrating the return of APC presidential candidate

February 22, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2023: Several opposition supporters have been seriously injured, including the newly elected National Secretary General of Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party – Lansana Dumbuya and his driver, when heavily armed soldiers stopped their vehicle in a convey carrying the party’s newly elected presidential candidate [Read More]

Former President Koroma to lead ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria

February 21, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2023: Former President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, yesterday departed Sierra Leone for Nigeria to lead the ECOWAS elections observation mission (EOM) to that West African country. With a population of over 213 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s most populated [Read More]

Samura Kamara elected APC Presidential candidate for the 2023 elections by a landslide

February 20, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2023: Dr Samura Kamara, the presidential candidate of Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party, who in 2018 lost to Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP by a very narrow three percentage points, will once again lead his party into the June 24th 2023 elections as [Read More]

APC convention 2023 – Minkailu Mansaray wins Chairmanship election as Yansaneh becomes Deputy Chair

February 20, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2023: As we await the conclusion of the counting of ballots for the position of Presidential candidate, the results for National Chairmanship are as follows: Dauda Tombo Bangura with 35 votes; Ibrahim Rasin Bundu – 14 votes; Abdul Karim Kalokoh – 225 [Read More]

APC’s presidential ticket to State House 2023 – key issues that must be considered

February 19, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Mohamed Gibril Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2023: There are several imperatives, considerations, and trade-offs that must be taken into account by those seeking the APC presidential ticket if they are to succeed in winning the support of party members as well as those who lean towards APC across [Read More]

President Bio speaks at the launch of UNESCO – African Union Report on Education Strategy for Africa

February 19, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2023: President Dr Julius Maada Bio gave a keynote address at the launching of the first edition of the ‘Education in Africa’ report, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, and the African Union, on the margins of the Africa Assembly [Read More]

We will not be defined by epidemics and pandemics – Sierra Leone’s President Bio tells High-Level Africa-CDC Forum

February 19, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2023: Speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia yesterday Saturday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio shared Sierra Leone’s experience with Ebola, successes with Covid-19 and efforts at creating public health agencies and using early warning systems. “The main lesson for us in Sierra Leone is a clear [Read More]

Managing the political transition post-June 24 is critical – says Former President Ernest Bai Koroma

February 18, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sheriff Mahmoud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2023: Earlier today in Makeni, former President Koroma addressed the opening ceremony of the All Peoples Congress (APC) National Delegates’ Conference (NDC). Bearing in mind that the APC is widely expected to win the June 24 elections, former president Koroma spoke strongly [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s democracy saved by international community as judiciary and ruling SLPP accused of co-conspirating

February 18, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2023: Opposition APC’s national convention is in full swing this weekend, thanks to the international community who stepped in, in a last minute, desperate attempt to stop evil and macabre political forces in the country from rolling-back the country’s democratic achievements. High court Judge of [Read More]

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