Murtala Mohamed Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2024: While I was recently in Accra, Ghana for a German visa interview, I was also invited to attend the first West African Industrial Summit by the then Ghanaian trade minister on July 21, 2016. I had previously met the minister at [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2024: Former President of America Donald Trump, who is the leading Republican contender for the presidency this November, has survived what the FBI has described as an assassination attempt. He was shot while speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. One person is dead and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2024: President Bio has re-launched his government’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2024-2030 at a ceremony held in Moyamba Town two days ago, where he assured of government’s commitment to prioritising the role of districts in the implementation of the plan. This comes on the [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2024: As the echoes of policies emanate from Tower Hill, Freetown, – place synonymous with the power and authority of Sierra Leone’s government, a growing anxiety reverberates among the populace. Recent legislative changes and the political climate fostered by the administration of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2024: President Bio is being accused of taking Sierra Leone backwards into an increasingly authoritarian State, where the president with the support of ruling SLPP MPs in parliament has captured key public institutions that are vital for sustaining a viable democratic society, including the National [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2024: After several months of hard work, the Freetown City Council (FCC) Deputy Mayor, FCC Councillors, the Chief Administrator, Council staff, members of the Mayors Delivery Unit and Mayor Yvonne Aki Sawyerr last Thursday came together in a truly inspiring event to launch the Transform [Read More]
Leon Jenkins-Johnston: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2024: Like so many concerned citizens, I am in shock, dismay and disbelief to learn that our Parliamentarians in their wisdom a few days ago passed into Law the Criminal Procedure Act 2024, removing the right to JURY TRIAL. I am also shocked [Read More]
Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2024: On the 5th of July 2024, the Sierra Leone Parliament passed the Criminal Procedure Act 2024, which abolished the jury system. In his bid to convince Parliament to remove the jury trial from the Bill, the Attorney General amongst other things stated, [Read More]
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2024: After listening to all the dramatis personae in Sierra Leone’s political imbroglio, including the flip- flopping U.S Ambassador, I am beginning to believe that instead of sitting down and blaming political figures and the international community, if electoral justice as we wanted [Read More]
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