Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Following the conclusion today of the three-day visit of the joint peace mission to Cameroon, led by Baroness Patricia Scotland – Secretary General of the Commonwealth; the Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission – Moussa Faki Mahamat; and the Secretary-General of the Organisation [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: The Commonwealth has announced a new partnership designed to reduce domestic violence in member countries. Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on Monday, signed a memorandum of understanding with the NO MORE Foundation which is a global movement of 1,400 allied organisations and 40 international chapters working [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Sierra Leone’s ministry of information and communications yesterday, 27 November 2019, engaged with key local state actors to discuss and map the way forward, to enhance national dialogue about the impact of the proposed repeal of Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Yesterday, Wednesday 27th November 2019, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), signed a Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) Agreement, for the establishment of a single standard interface for invoicing and payment [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: Sierra Leone’s elections watchdog – the National Election Watch (NEW), has published its report into the conduct of the bye-election in Kasirie, in the Kambia district, which was won by the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, amid allegations of violence by supporters of [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: While some will see journalism as “organised gossip”, the majority will agree that it’s a force for progressive social change that maintains democracy. The role of journalism in any given society is so central that, it is often fondly described as the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, HE Moussa Faki Mahamat; the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC; and the Secretary-General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), HE Louise Mushikiwabo, are visiting Cameroon from 26 to 28 [Read More]
CARL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) in Sierra L:eone, today hailed the announcement by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that it has launched a full-scale investigation into alleged mismanagement of public funds by Members of the country’s Parliament (MPs). This is [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2019: The huge win by the National Grand Coalition party (NGC) of the Ward 210 Kasirie bye-election last Saturday, is very significant and potentially represents a turning point in Sierra Leone’s politics. The NGC trumped home with 54% of total votes cast, compared [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph Reserves Copyright