Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2021: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards last Friday assured President Bio that the Judiciary under his watch will fully apply the Abolition of Death Penalty Act of 2021. “We in the Judiciary note the change and are ready to apply the new law, [Read More]
Noellie Marionette-Chambertin: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2021: Ambassador Omrie Golley needed all his skills as a British trained Barrister and a committed peace activist, to navigate the heady waters of the renewed peace process that followed the dark days of January 1999, right up until the signing of the [Read More]
Jarrah Kawusu-Konte & Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9th October 2021: Following former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma’s decoration with the award of the Medal of Merit in Leadership by the African Bar Association (AfBA) on Monday 4th October, instant, commendations and congratulatory messages have been pouring from across [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2021: Sierra Leone has today joined the long list of nations that no longer use State retributive justice to take away the lives of those that are found guilty of committing murder, after President Julius Maada Bio signed the expunging of the death sentence into [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2021: The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has concluded a successful visit to Sierra Leone where they discussed the development of a potential compact agreement between MCC and the Sierra Leone Government – a significant investment to support economic growth in Sierra Leone. During [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: UK Transport Minister – Grant Shapps, has today announced that as from 4am next Monday, 11th October 2021, the UK’s Covid red list will reduce to seven countries, with proof of vaccination by travellers arriving to the UK from 37 new countries and territories [Read More]
Dr Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: The public is hereby informed that by letter dated 30th June, 2021 by the AC Commissioner, I was invited to the Commission to “appear before the Commission on Thursday, 1st July, 2021” to “answer orally on oath or affirmation [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: The headlines that the recently concluded Koinadugu District bye -elections was “marred by violence, intimidation and fraud” (the sierraleonetelegragh.com-04/10/21) comes as no surprise. (Photo above: Author – Abdulai Mansaray) With the results from the National Electoral Commission (NEC) pending at the time, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2021: Teachers in Sierra Leone can only dream of receiving a $10,000 award along with a plot of State land as a gift from the president, in recognition of their hardwork and the difficult environment and circumstances in which they work. Yet few months ago, [Read More]
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