Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 October 2017 Today, with general and presidential elections just five months away on 7th March 2018, serious questions are being asked by supporters of Dr Kandeh Yumkella (Photo) about the independence, impartiality, integrity and fit for purpose of the Sierra Leone Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), [Read More]
Moses Moore Conteh Jr Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2017 I appreciate the efforts of all those who in their truest meaningful ways, turn out to register and vote every election year in Sierra Leone. The fundamental question is, what good do we realise from the decisions we make? Do [Read More]
Sullay Adekulay Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2017 The All Peoples Congress (APC) party’s method of selecting its presidential flag bearer has been likened by many to the Papal Conclave or College of Cardinals adopted by the Vatican when selecting a new Pope. And this normally happens either at the [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2017 Let me say this – should the 2018 elections be shifted by even a day, the opposition collectively has no iota of right to complain or cry foul. Are they just being unhinged? Where are the so-called nationalists or activists? I [Read More]
M.B. Jalloh Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2017 Following the deadly mudslide and floods that caused hundreds of casualties in Sierra Leone and displaced over 1000 households in August this year, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered an aid [Read More]
Peter Atkins Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 October 2017 The number of hungry and malnourished people is rising for the first time in over a decade. This is according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. There are now 815 million people affected and frequent incidents of acute and widespread food shortages remain. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 October 2017 The lady tipped to become Sierra Leone’s first female president, possibly in 2023 – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden – who currently serves as minister of social welfare, children’s and religious affairs, is today being rumoured by newspaper reports to be interested in the 2018 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017 Kenya’s recently annulled elections will soon be re-run, but the long-term questions they raised about election management are still unanswered. The spotlight is on the work of international observer teams, but there are also much wider questions of electoral capacity – problems that extend to the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017 Yesterday – Wednesday October 4th, 2017, was red letter day for Sierra Leone’s Public Service Commission (PSC) as it presented its 2016 annual report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown. Sierra Leone’s civil service has in the past thirty years [Read More]
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