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Election Watch

Electoral Commission Sierra Leone embarks on proportional representation voter sensitisation

May 16, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph:16 May 2023: Since changing the country’s system of voting few months ago, from first past the post to District Block Proportional Representation (PR), there have been serious concerns expressed as to whether the majority of electorate in Sierra Leone will understand how PR works, what it means [Read More]

Election Watch

Sierra Leone electoral commission publishes names of presidential candidates for June 24 elections

May 16, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2023: The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone has published what it says is its final list of nominated Candidates for the Presidential election taking place on 24th June 2023. The two main contenders vying for State House – the incumbent president Bio of the SLPP [Read More]

Politics & Law

NGC national executive members endorse alliance with SLPP Party ahead of June elections

May 14, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2023: Yesterday, Saturday 13 May 2023 at the Wizard Complex on Dambala Road in Bo City, executive members of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party endorsed the SLPP-NGC alliance that has been formed by Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) and President Bio, ahead of the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Former Mayor of Freetown visits bereaved families after heavy rains killed seven

May 12, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2023: Seven people were killed in Freetown this week, as heavy rains destroyed homes in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. On Wednesday,  the former Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr  visited families of the deceased to express sympathies and condolences. The death toll in Freetown is [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray

Is a temporary coalition of anger against the old regime a basis for stable government?

May 11, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2023: Politics in Sierra Leone may be reaching its crescendo, but it’s the political musical chairs that is making the headlines in the rag tags and social media. After Kandeh Yumkella went semantic with forming a “Strategic Alliance”, three members of the Coalition [Read More]

Election Watch

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is set to be re-elected Mayor of Freetown

May 9, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2023: Former Mayor of Freetown has been speaking about her chances of winning the forthcoming Mayoral election in Freetown based on her five-year record of serving and delivering for the people of the City. “Competence, integrity and effective delivery were features that marked my first [Read More]

Politics & Law

Arthur Pearce and other NGC members from the western area join opposition APC

May 9, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2023: Last Friday, 5th May 2023, Arthur E Pearce and over four hundred former members of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party in the Western Area, including a youth group, the Progressive NGC Youth Organisation East formally joined the All Peoples Congress (APC) at a [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio launches new inter-banks cash payment system

May 8, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2023: Last Wednesday, President Bio launched a new $12 million World Bank Funded national banking payments switch service, which he says will improve cash transactions among banks, starting with six banks in the country. The integrated system allows Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and cardholders of [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio’s government grants citizenship to 50 more African Americans to raise revenue

May 8, 2023 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2023: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt last week granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 50 African Americans claiming to have Sierra Leonean roots, in a ceremony held at the National Museum in Freetown. Presenting the country’s passport to the newly [Read More]

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