Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2017 Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Czar has confirmed the arrest of three West African Examination Council (WAEC) examiners for alleged corruption offences, involving examination malpractice. Examination fraud and related illegal activities is a big business in Sierra Leone, controlled and managed by organized criminals. Many of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2017 Much has been written about president Koroma’s brief encounter with the United States president Donald Trump at the recent Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia. This encounter has even been described by pro-ruling APC media as a ‘divine encounter’ ordained by God. But what really [Read More]
By a Special Reporter Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 June 2017 The Ombudsman of Sierra Leone – Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson, has recruited three female graduates from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone to serve as Mediation Officers, as part of efforts to deliver his 100-days Action Plan. The three graduates [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 June 2017 Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray, the presidential candidate of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) who was last week arrested for alleged possession of a taser which the police say is an offensive weapon, appeared in court today. Kamarainba made his second appearance at the Segbwema Magistrate [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2017 Presidential hopeful – Alie Kabba is calling on all members of the opposition SLPP to support yesterday’s Appeal Court ruling, which requires the party to conduct a re-run of all disputed constituency elections. This is what he said today in a statement: yesterday’s Court [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2017 The arrest of opposition politician – Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray has brought renewed sense of hopelessness and despair in democracy in Sierra Leone. The ruling APC has been criticised for its irrational use of police powers since it took office in 2007, and does not [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2017 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday announced that it has agreed to provide $224 million loan to the Koroma government of Sierra Leone, to help the country weather the economic storm that is causing much social and financial hardship for [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2017 Following yesterday’s landmark ruling by the Appeal Court in Freetown, calling on the SLPP party to conduct a re-run of all 39-disputed internal party constituency elections, reactions from across the party have been quite positive. This is what the Julius Maada Bio Media and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2017 Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone has told the editor of the Sierra Leone Telegraph that he is “as eligible to contest for any position within the APC, including that of Flagbearer, as much as any other hopeful,” [Read More]
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