Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2016 A week ago, Sierra Leone’s human rights group – the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), published a statement calling on all elected parliamentarians in the country to account for the millions of dollars they are receiving annually for the development of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2016 Put aside for one moment the legal and sometimes common sense argument as to who is telling the truth and whether a crime had been committed or not, the cost of pursuing justice in Sierra Leone is not cheap – especially for the tax [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2016 Few Sierra Leoneans in and out of the country now believe that the proposed construction of a new international airport by the government of Sierra Leone, amid widespread and growing poverty is a good idea. (Photo: Finance minister Kargbo – right, talking to John [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2016 ‘Any masquerade that fails to respect its limits will have its veil removed.’ This unvarnished truth is now coming out more forcefully in Sierra Leone, as depicted by the socio-political inanities of the country today, where life is not what it [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 July 2016 All eyes were on Port Loko town yesterday Saturday, 30th July 2016, where president Koroma and his ruling APC party summoned cabinet ministers, senior civil servants and heads of government departments and parastatals, to discuss what State House described as the lack of international [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2016 Few people in Sierra Leone trust their elected representatives. The reasons – dereliction of duty, corruption, misappropriation of funds and abuse of power. Never before has confidence in the country’s public officials generally dropped so low. While this view may be one of perception [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2016 A letter believed to have been sent to Sierra Leone’s speaker of parliament for investigation, is accusing the chairman of the commission responsible for monitoring and supervision of the country’s telecommunication industry – Momoh Konte (Photo), of massive corruption. If these allegations are true, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2016 Three days ago, Sierra Leone’s attorney general and minister of justice – Joseph Kamara was involved in a serious road accident on the Masiaka-Lunsar Highway, in the north of the country. The vehicle in which he was driving from the capital Freetown to Makeni, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2016 Sierra Leone has been classed as one of the top 50 most peaceful nations in the world, in the latest Global Peace Index report, with Denmark, Austria, Portugal, and New Zealand topping the list, whilst Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Iraq trail at the bottom for obvious reasons – war and [Read More]
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