Residual Special Court: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2020: In view of misinformation being circulated online about the treatment of prisoners convicted by the Special Court, in part by several of the prisoners themselves but also by persons living outside of Sierra Leone, the Residual Special Court, or RSCSL, finds [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2020: On Saturday, 14 November 2020, President Dr Julius Maada Bio laid the foundation for the construction of a major road network in the far West of the capital Freetown. The thirteen miles long Goderich-Funkia road, will benefit over 30,000 people in the outlying communities, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2020: A Parliamentary Bill entitled – ‘the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion Bill’, received its second reading in parliament this week. Presenting the Bill to parliamentarians, Government Chief Minister – Dr. David John Francis said that the government is seeking laws to establish [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 November 2020: The latest Ibrahim Index on African Governance (IIAG) report published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation yesterday, shows a decline in overall progress across the continent, for the first time since 2010. There has been a decline in security and the rule of law in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone today made good on his promise to review all ongoing cases of criminal and seditious libel in the country’s courts, of which there was only one – that of Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, following his government’s repeal [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2020: The 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched today by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, highlights a decline in African governance performance for the first time since 2010. The 2019 African average score for Overall Governance falls by -0.2 points below that of 2018, [Read More]
BBC Africa Eye – Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2020: Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the trafficking rings selling children for as little as £300. Somewhere, Rebecca’s son is 10. (Photo [Read More]
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2020: Few weeks ago, we reported in the Africanist Press how Leadway Trading Company used containers rather than cubic meters as a unit of measurement thereby violating Section 3 of the Finance (Amendment) Act of 2018, leading to a deliberate undervaluation [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2020: The decision by the Bio government to axe the former government’s Mamamah Airport project was a catastrophic mistake. Some might argue, with justification – based on spotted commentaries on social Media – that regional politics is at play here. However, many [Read More]
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