Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2023: Solomon Dersso was the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Union’s body charged with promoting and protecting human rights and other freedoms in Africa between 2019 and 2021. In this interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor, Dr. Dersso [Read More]
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2023: Yesterday, it happened again in the USA. Gunman entered a mall in Texas and opened fire, killing and injuring many innocent people. Not a month passes now without mass shootings and deadly massacres and maiming of people by crazed gunmen in the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2023: The people of Koidu City, Kono District last Sunday, 30 April 2023 saw the opposition APC’s former Secretary General – Victor Bockarie Foh, declared his loyalty and support for President Bio and his SLPP party. Victor Foh who has been a longstanding member of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2023: The 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW), hosted by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, from the 28th to the 30th of April, gathered African leaders, politicians, thought leaders, private sector and civil society representatives to discuss the key role that the continent has, the potential to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2023: President Julius Maada Bio and Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh yesterday succeeded in securing their nominations as Presidential Candidate and Running Mate respectively, for the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) ahead of 24 June 2023 elections. Speaking after the process, President Bio [Read More]
Sorie I Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2023: Political parties’ alliances and the movements of members from one political party to the other is not a new phenomenon in the politics of Sierra Leone. It has become a distinct feature of our political culture that is characteristic of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2023: Former opposition APC strongman – Alpha Kanu, finally tendered his long-awaited letter of resignation last week to the APC party executives, after five years of promoting his politics of attrition and campaigning alongside President Bio against his APC party. Alpha Kanu who is being [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2023: Faced with defections to the ruling SLPP and disqualification from the forthcoming elections by a High Court injunction, opposition Coalition for Change (C4C) Party is fighting to stay alive, with just over a month before presidential and general elections are held. And so too [Read More]
Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2023: Former Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has been very instrumental in contributing towards the development of education facilities in the capital. She was involved in various projects that many schools are enjoying today. In November 2021, she monitored the construction of a [Read More]
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