Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 February 2018 Dr. Kandeh Yumkella has won an appeal filed by the ruling APC at the head office of the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) in Freetown, against the decision of the Kambia District NEC Office to throw out an objection brought by the party’s candidate [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 February 2018 Ahead of Sierra Leone’s multi-tier elections taking place on 7th of March 2018, the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), Amnesty International and forty local civil society organisations in the country, are calling on the ruling APC, the opposition SLPP and the Republic [Read More]
Elias Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 February 2018 After sports, politics is next in line to whip up’ drama in the lives of people. Good or bad, the hype that follows and surrounds politics has huge implications which should be well managed, because unlike sports, the consequences are often far [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2nd February 2018: It is true that in order to create decent quality of life for citizens in society today, requires massive investment in public services. But generating the revenue to pay for these services in a poor country like Sierra Leone is not [Read More]
Anthony Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 February 2018 Kandeh Yumkella is fighting against the disenfranchisement of the Diaspora and future generations. He received provisional nomination certificate as National Grand Coalition (NGC) candidate for Member of Parliament representing Constituency 62 on January 20, 2018, and then Abu Bakarr Sankoh – ruling [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2018: Exactly ten weeks after her sacking as minister of social welfare and children’s affairs, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden speaks to the people of Sierra Leone about corruption and poor governance in the country. This is what she says: “Fellow Citizens of Sierra Leone, this [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2018: The government of Sierra Leone has reacted angrily over yesterday’s report of the IMF suspending its funding support to the Koroma government, after the government failed to meet key targets agreed with the IMF. Speaking to the BBC reporter Umaru Fofanah last night, finance [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2018 Last Friday’s violence which brought Freetown to a standstill, when supporters of the ruling APC went on a rampage and orgy of destruction – with at least one confirmed dead, is a worrying reminder of the fragility and precarious nature of politics in Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2018 Sierra Leone’s economy is in tatters. IMF withdraws funding. A few months ago, the Sierra Leone Telegraph published a story about the declining performance of the Sierra Leone economy. It warned that the government is in serious paralysis, as funds meant to support economic [Read More]
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