Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Sierra Leone’s ministry of information and communications yesterday, 27 November 2019, engaged with key local state actors to discuss and map the way forward, to enhance national dialogue about the impact of the proposed repeal of Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: Sierra Leone’s elections watchdog – the National Election Watch (NEW), has published its report into the conduct of the bye-election in Kasirie, in the Kambia district, which was won by the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, amid allegations of violence by supporters of [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: While some will see journalism as “organised gossip”, the majority will agree that it’s a force for progressive social change that maintains democracy. The role of journalism in any given society is so central that, it is often fondly described as the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, HE Moussa Faki Mahamat; the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC; and the Secretary-General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), HE Louise Mushikiwabo, are visiting Cameroon from 26 to 28 [Read More]

CARL: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2019: The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) in Sierra L:eone, today hailed the announcement by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that it has launched a full-scale investigation into alleged mismanagement of public funds by Members of the country’s Parliament (MPs). This is [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2019: The huge win by the National Grand Coalition party (NGC) of the Ward 210 Kasirie bye-election last Saturday, is very significant and potentially represents a turning point in Sierra Leone’s politics. The NGC trumped home with 54% of total votes cast, compared [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: 26 November 2019: Democracy has been described as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. My primary school teacher gave me a simplified version; that democracy is the government of the people by the people [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2019: Former president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday arrived in Namibia to lead the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM). The Mission comprises 40 Short Term Observers (STOs) representing various Member States of the African Union (AU), deployed since 21 November 2019. [Read More]