Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2018: The Krio Descendant Union (KDU), paid an official visit to state House in Freetown yesterday, May 3rd, 2018. The primary purpose of this visit was to congratulate the newly elected President Julius Maada Bio. Mr Leon Jenkins-Johnston introduced the members of the executive and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2018: The Members of Parliament Elect of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, have this morning entered the well of Parliament, after they were unceremoniously pushed out of parliament by the police, following ugly scenes of violent conduct by several of their MPs. [Read More]

Augustine Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2018: The Appointments Committee of Parliament, yesterday met in Committee Room One of the parliament buildings, to interview the Presidential Nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for approval, before they can become ministers of his government. The Leader of Government Business [Read More]

Kelvin Lewis: SLAJ President: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2018: We recall that from the 29th of April to May 3rd in 1991, African Newspaper Journalists gathered in the town of Windhoek in Namibia and put together a powerful declaration on the principles of a free press. The United Nations [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2018: It is over a week since the elected MPs of the opposition APC walked out of parliament, after their dramatic display of disobedience and disruption of parliamentary proceedings. The APC lost the presidential election held in March 2018, but won majority of the parliamentary [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2018: The creation of a new top ministerial position known as Chief Minister by president Julius Maada Bio, has sparked widespread debate as to whether the new post is superfluous to requirement, and furthermore, duplicates and undermines the role of vice president. There are questions [Read More]

Mohamed Kunowah Kiellow: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2018: APC is really at the end of its political tether. The party is finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with the political tragedy that befall it on 31 March 2018, when they lost the run-off election to President Maada [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 May 2018: In fulfilling the challenges of establishing an inclusive government, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone is today reported by State House to have shown leadership in achieving a regional balance in appointing his second wave of ministers. Bio’s all new look list of [Read More]