Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 December 2015 The fifth floor of the office of the electricity supply and billing company in Freetown is still smouldering this evening, after fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. It is not clear what started the fire, but suspicions are rife. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 December 2015 ‘Out with the old and in with the new, as the New Year rolls.’ President Koroma has this afternoon sacked some of his most senior, closest and trusted ministers in a surprise and unexpected shakeup of his cabinet. In a typical move reminiscent of [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 December 2015 I am aware that most readers are busy recovering from the weekend’s festivities and thinking of the merriment to usher out our annus horribilis – 2015. Either in marking the two celebrations and in welcoming 2016 in particular, you must have [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 December 2015 My fellow citizens, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas! On this auspicious day, we are once again reminded of the felicitous and tolerant spirit of Sierra Leoneans as we, Christians and Muslims, prayerfully and jubilantly celebrate this wonderful and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 December 2015 Christmas celebrations in the east of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone came to an abrupt end yesterday, when fire engulfed a Safecon petrol station located in the Shell Company area of Kissy. Reports from the scene said that several people were injured and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 December 2015 The Campaign for Human Rights and Development Sierra Leone (CHRDSL) is calling the attention of the government of Sierra Leone to the continued unlawful, arbitrary and unjustifiable detention of over 78 innocent citizens by law enforcement officers. CHRDSL is of the conviction that these [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2015 After spending almost thirty-six hours behind bars on false arrest in Freetown as a prisoner of conscience, the authorities in Sierra Leone have decided to release Alie Kabba on bail. His release comes after a worldwide call by SLPP supporters and the Sierra Leone [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2015 Over a month ago, the World Health Organisation declared Sierra Leone free of the Ebola virus that had taken the lives of over 4,000 people and robbed millions of their dignity. Corruption and poor governance are the root causes of the spread of Ebola, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2015 As opposition political leader Alie Kabba spent last night behind bars in Freetown as a prisoner of conscience, the people of Sierra Leone on this Christmas Eve are pondering the thought of Sierra Leone once again becoming a repressive state, ruled by a dictator. [Read More]
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