In Focus

Eleven Sierra Leoneans to participate in 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2022: U.S. Embassy Freetown: U.S. Embassy Freetown is proud to announce that the following leaders will participate in the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship: Samuel Saidu, James Kpaka, Aminata Kandeh, Alex Bayoh, Precious Lamin, Nyangah Rogers-Wright, Laura Nicol, Adama Sillah, Issa Thullah. Additionally, 2021 Fellows Phebean [Read More]

Politics & Law

Ruling SLPP calls on electoral commission to go ahead with boundary delimitation ahead of 2023 elections

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 June 2022: Despite serious concerns expressed by opposition political Parties and some civil society groups about the credibility of the provisional results of the 2021 population census published last Thursday by Statistics Sierra Leone, the ruling SLPP is calling on the government “to dismiss all condemnations [Read More]

Politics & Law

Opposition APC warns chief electoral officer not to use discredited 2021 census data to manipulate election results

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2022: Leader of Sierra Leone’s opposition parties in parliament – Chernor R. M. Bah MP (Photo above), has written a letter to the country’s Chief Electoral Commissioner – Mr. Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, warning him not to use the much-discredited provisional 2021 census data to manipulate [Read More]

Economy & Business

World Bank approves $41 million to set up land administration system in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2022: The World Bank on Thursday approved a $41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant “to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration system in Sierra Leone.” The project, it says, will help strengthen the country’s legal and institutional framework in the [Read More]

Politics & Law

Provisional results of Sierra Leone’s 2021 Mid-Term Census: Rebuilding trust will be difficult

Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2022: The provisional results of the 2021 Mid-Term census recently released by Statistics-Sierra Leone have raised eyebrows among Sierra Leoneans. According to the results summary our population has increased by only 449,528-–from 7,092,113 to 7,541,641 between 2015 and 2021. (Photo above: Sierra Leone’s [Read More]