Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2018 As the sad and tragic news of the death of one of Sierra Leone’s finest journalists – Sheik Unisa Thoronka spread across social media this afternoon, there was consternation, shock and disbelief. Sheik Thoronka died doing the job he loved best. According to reports, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2018 The presidential debate is over, but the repercussions and political fallout continues. It was never expected to be a dull contest. Only one of the six candidates on the podium – Mohamed Kamaraimba, had not served in one government or the other in Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2018 Sierra Leone’s televised presidential election debate which took place on Thursday, 15th February 2018, was not for the fainthearted, as war of words was fought across the podiums by the six presidential candidates who took part in the debate. One of the key highlights [Read More]
Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2018 So according to Julius Maada Bio, speaking at the presidential debate on Thursday, Samura Kamara and his ruling APC have been spending money like they are ‘drunken sailors’. This accusation went down quite well, until Dr Kamara responded back. Samura said that [Read More]
Dr. Sylvia Blyden: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2018 It was a few minutes to 6pm on Monday this week – 12th February 2018. Dusk was approaching, and I was at my private residence on the top floor, seated in my veranda sipping lemonade and watching the sun cast its [Read More]
Jusu Kallon Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2018 Permit me to start by acknowledging the daily sacrifices of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) in securing our internal peace and security, whilst contending with stormy election issues within our liberal constitutional framework. It is my considered view that one has [Read More]
Abdul Fatoma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2018 The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International-CHRDI, has been following security discussions between the country’s security agencies and political parties about the free movement of people and vehicles in the country on elections day March 7, 2018. CHRDI is further concerned about [Read More]
Joseph Opala / Gary Schulze: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2018 President Trump’s insulting remarks about Africans who immigrate to the United States prompted us to share our experiences on that subject. We bring an unusual perspective to the topic. We are both native-born Americans; from Oklahoma and New York [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2017: The social media has been flooded with photos of Chinese nationals actively participating in our political discourse recently. Many people have not only found this surprising but also appalling. There is a general impression that this is an affront on our political [Read More]
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