Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2017 Last Saturday’s by-election in constituency 066 in the district of Tonkolili, which was won by the ruling APC party, has been described by the opposition SLPP as unfair and violent, with plenty of evidence of electoral malpractice. With general and presidential elections due in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2017 A Service of Thanksgiving and Commendation will take place on Monday 27th February, 2017 at 6pm at Forest Hill Methodist Church, Normanton Street, London, SE23 2DS. On Tuesday 28th February 2017, the remains leave London for Freetown on Air France. On Wednesday 1st March [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2017 Peace may have returned to Sierra Leone’s main opposition SLPP, but the hard road to selecting the party’s presidential candidate for the 2018 elections is paved with thorns. There are difficulties ahead that need to be resolved now, before the party national convention in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2017 Sierra Leone’s opposition SLPP party has made a Herculean start in reducing the 60% national electoral majority gained by the ruling APC in 2012, after a tough show of strength and unity at last Saturday’s by-election in Bumbuna, Tonkolili district. The by-election came about [Read More]
Romola Adeola Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2017 The tensions that followed the historic electoral defeat of Gambia strongman President Yahya Jammeh has been a litmus test for democracy in Africa beyond the tiny West African nation. It is five years since the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance came into force. [Read More]
Concerned Citizen (Culled) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2017 Constitution 066 has unique attributes, and the tussle there cannot be applied to the nation in general. The ruling APC party must be reeling at having been made to work so hard in a constituency that has traditionally given them the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2017 The Edward Blyden family regrets to announce the passing away of their patriarch – Mr. Edward Walter Babatunde Gustavus Blyden in London, UK, on the 14th of February 2017, aged 74. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sylvia Blyden; his children – Pastor [Read More]
Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2017 Sierra Leone, the motherland has had its share of tragedy in recent years. It suffered an eleven years internecine war and lately an Ebola epidemic that has today resulted in an unprecedented economic hardship that has further deepened poverty and unleash [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2017 President Koroma has finally yielded to strong demands from civil society groups and the media for the 2018 elections date to be announced. It is not clear as to why the president, who is not known for good decision making, has dithered and wasted [Read More]
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