Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2023: Former Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr who is up for re-election in two months, has been speaking about her five years in office which she describes as challenging, but with so much more left to be done for the development of Freetown as well [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2023: Dr Kandeh Yumkella who was once regarded by many in Sierra Leone as one of the few principled politicians left in the country, has now confounded even his fiercest critics this week after officially joining the Bio- led SLPP party, where he once campaigned [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2023: On Wednesday, President Bio received a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), as concerns grow over rising political tension and pre-election violence. Presidential and general elections are due on 24th June 2023. Leader of the [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2023: Last weekend, a motley crew assembled outside the office of the comatose National Grand Coalition Party, to confer symbols to aspirants for Councillors and MPs, but with no statement on whether the party will put forward a presidential flagbearer. I understand that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2023: Growth across Sub-Saharan Africa remains sluggish, dragged down by uncertainty in the global economy, the underperformance of the continent’s largest economies, high inflation, and a sharp deceleration of investment growth, according to the regional economic outlook, Africa’s Pulse Vol. 27 – 2023 published last [Read More]
Mallam Osman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2023: One of the development projects implemented by Yvonne Aki-Sawyer as Mayor of Freetown is the much-needed faecal sludge plant in Kingtom and Kolleh Town communities, which is now improving health and saving the lives of people in poor communities. The sludge (sewerage) [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2023: With soaring food prices and the continuous rise in prices of other essential items in Sierra Leone, which the government blames on the war in Ukraine, many Sierra Leoneans are holding the Bio-led government responsible for the economic downturn the country has experienced in [Read More]
ILRJ: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2023: By all accounts, the 2023 voter identification cards produced by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) are substandard and mediocre. Many cards contain errors, such as incorrect gender and blurred photos, making identifying the voter difficult or impossible. This would have been [Read More]
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 April 2023: Throughout my tenure as the Mayor of Freetown, I have been blessed to have received your continuous moral support and encouragement in working towards our collective journey to #TransformFreetown. As you may have heard, I am running for re-election as the Mayor [Read More]
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