Abu Bakarr Orkailkail Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2018: A UK – Sierra Leonean Barrister – Pierre Dumbuya, posed a very important question on the issue of citizenship. He stated that “An important issue for all of us who lost our Sierra Leonean citizenship when we obtained another citizenship, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2018: George Weah, once famous for scoring sumptuous goals on football fields across Europe, was sworn in yesterday as Liberia’s 25th president. He inherits a number of challenges from his predecessor Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In her article: ‘The goals that must guide ex-soccer player Weah in [Read More]
Abu Bakarr Orkailkail Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2018: I am shocked to hear that the APC party has filed a legal petition against Kandeh Yumkella’s candidacy. I recently posted a commentary supporting the views expressed by Francis Gabiddon on the dual citizenship issue. I stated that the constitution [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2018: The erudite Professor PLO Lumumba once said that “the problem with Africa is that, those with ideas have no power, and those with power have no ideas”. But it is also true that the illiterate of the 21st century will not be [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2018 Some of us may not be attached or loyal to any particular political party but suffice it to say that we can be noisy when we notice unjust practices meted out to compatriots. In a world where everyone and anyone can claim [Read More]
Anthony Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2018 Sierra Leonean born National Grand Coalition (NGC) presidential candidate, Kandeh Yumkella, has formally been nominated by residents of Constituency 062, Samu Chiefdom in Kambia District to represent them as Member of Parliament (MP). Speaking to reporters shortly after the nomination process ended, an [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2018: World Bank Country Manager of Sierra Leone – Mr Parminder Brar is no stranger to controversy. He is fast becoming the vice president or ex-officio minister in the limping koroma government. A few days ago, he made another mockery of himself whilst delivering a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2018 The late Solomon Athanasius James Pratt – SAJ Pratt as he is popularly known throughout Sierra Leone and abroad, will be buried in Freetown on Sunday, 21st January 2018. According to reports – president Koroma has granted a State Funeral in honour of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2018 The constitutional crisis caused by president Koroma and his attorney general’s sudden realisation that they have not been good custodians of the country’s Constitution, keeps rumbling. And the debate surrounding the moral right, if not the legality of the ruling APC party’s decision to [Read More]
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