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]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2018 The stage is set. The audience will soon be seated, and the lights and microphones will be turned on, as three giants of Sierra Leone’s national politics go head to head in what is being described as the most important phase in the forthcoming [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2018 One political party that seems ever willing to acquiesce to anything for corruption and gross inefficiency, is the All People’s Congress (APC). This is not unexpected, considering their presence in every facet of public life and the highly visible profile of President [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2018 NGC Presidential candidate – Alhaji Dr Kandeh Yumkella met students at the University of Sierra Leone in Freetown yesterday, where he spoke to them at the Ajayi Crowther Amphitheatre about the importance as a people of “forging unity in a divided nation”. [Read More]
Anthony Kamara Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 February 2018: The National Grand Coalition (NGC) will today launch its 2018 Manifesto in Port Loko. The NGC Manifesto is the party’s “Agenda for Job Creation and National Prosperity and a Social Compact with the people of Sierra Leone.” The manifesto and compact are [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2018 The Prize Committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has today announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, has won the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The Committee found that, confronted with unprecedented and renewed challenges, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf demonstrated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2018: Disturbing images of Chinese citizens, openly campaigning alongside leaders and supporters of the ruling APC, have raised questions about the legality of some of the electioneering practices being adopted by the APC party in advance of polling taking place on March 7th. The Chinese [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2018 Ten of the seventeen registered political parties contesting the March 7 multi-tier elections in Sierra Leone, have condemned and opposed the decision by the Sierra Leone police to restrict vehicular movement on polling day, Ibrahim Tarawallie reports from Freetown,. Last month, the Sierra Leone [Read More]
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