Politics & Law

NGC raises concern about recurring technical inadequacies facing Sierra Leone’s election voter registration

National Grand Coalition Party: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2022 The National Grand Coalition party (NGC) has been monitoring the conduct of the registration of voters by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) since the exercise started on 3rd September 2022 and supporting the process through sensitization and massive [Read More]

Politics & Law

Main opposition APC member of parliament – Mohamed Bangura and the chairman of Tonkolili District Council – Yabom Sesay remanded in prison

Dauda Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2022: The All People’s Congress Member of Parliament for constituency 066 in Kerena District, Hon. Mohamed Bangura and the APC chairlady for Tonkolili District Yabom Sesay were both remanded in prison yesterday, on charges of riotous conduct, obstruction and assault on a police [Read More]

Economy & Business

Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr calls for more devolution to local councils to help manage climate change

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 September 2022: On Saturday 3rd September, a week after heavy rains caused the loss of lives in the hillside community of Looking Town and considerable damage to properties in several coastal communities, Freetown City Council (“FCC”) started to dredge the culvert waterway. In [Read More]

Politics & Law

Voter registration ahead of next year’s elections in Sierra Leone marred by faulty computers

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 September 2022: There was frustration and anger in various electoral registration centres across Sierra Leone last weekend, as voters were unable to register because of faulty computers. (Photo Credit: Kerefala Janneh/Xinhua). In several centres in the capital Freetown, voters queued up for many hours waiting to [Read More]

Economy & Business

Boosting intra-African trade will power post-COVID-19 recovery and foster food security – says Aissatou Diallo

Aissatou Diallo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 September 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting Africa’s development trajectory. It is exacting a substantial socio-economic toll and putting the survival of half of the continent’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) at risk. Four in five African businesses are witnessing a dramatic reduction [Read More]