Politics & Law

Tribunal set up to investigate Auditor General Lara Taylor-Pearce lacks legal standing – says defence counsel

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2022: The Tribunal set up by President Bio to investigate the country’s Auditor-General and her deputy, following their suspension last November resumed yesterday after a lengthy adjournment. In the proceedings, the matter of contention between the State and lawyers for the defendants was [Read More]

Politics & Law

Government of Sierra Leone buries 27 coffins believed to be the remains of August 10 protesters against the wishes of families

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2022: It was 9am yesterday Monday in Freetown, from where the editor of the Sierra Leone Telegraph received this poignant message from one of his reporters: “This morning I was taking my sister to Connaught hospital. The area was blocked by armed military  personnel. I [Read More]