Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Political dust is yet to settle in Sierra Leone, after the electoral victory of Julius Maada Bio’s SLPP party which ended the incumbent APC party’s ten year hold on power. Many political commentators say that the defeated APC is finding it very hard to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: Amid controversies surrounding the declaration of a state of emergency on rape and sexual violence in Sierra Leone by president Julius Maada Bio, and the opposition political parties’ continuing reluctance to support the government’s unilateral declaration, president Bio may well decide to soften his [Read More]
Francis Ben Kaifala: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2019: We promised at the end of 2018 that in 2019, we will push the boundaries of the fight against corruption further than ever, and make corruption a very costly and terrible choice for every Sierra Leonean who crosses the line against [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 March 2019: In March 2018, president Julius Maada Bio was elected president of Sierra Leone in a fiercely contested elections, in which the majority of voters refused to endorse the Koroma led APC government’s ten years of poor governance and hopelessness. Since his election in 2007 [Read More]
PUAWUI DR SAMA BANYA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2019: “Why have you stopped writing Doctor? We are missing your column”. This is a question to which I have continued to give the same answer over the last five years, since I announced that I was laying down my pen, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2019: Yesterday, Wednesday 26 February 2019, president Bio’s government received a shot in the arm when the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, held talks with the president at State House. The senior World Bank official in Africa – Mr Henry [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2019: Two senior officials in the Bio led government working in the ministry of information, were yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment each, after a High court hearing found them guilty of misappropriation of public funds. Both president Bio and the Anti-Corruption Czar – Francis [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2019: The Sierra Leone Telegraph has for many years advocated and called for a comprehensive National Development Plan, which will stand the test of time and survive changes in political direction, irrespective of which party is in government. Such consistency and continuity will provide the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2019: The leadership of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, the National Grand Coalition (NGC), and the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) yesterday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with elections stakeholders – the National Electoral Commission (NEC), the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the [Read More]
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