Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2014 On Wednesday 26 November, a family of eight living in one house was wiped out by the Ebola virus in Tengbeh Town – one of the most densely populated western districts of the capital Freetown, amid calls for a tougher approach to curb the [Read More]
26 November 2014 There are conflicting reports this morning of another Sierra Leonean doctor, having succumbed to the Ebola virus. Unconfirmed reports say that Dr. Konoyima of the Children’s Hospital in Freetown, who just yesterday was reported ill with the deadly Ebola virus, has this morning passed away. If confirmed, [Read More]
Noorudin KaiKai 26 November 2014 When the judiciary, vested with the authority to interpret the law and to administer justice, is itself embroiled in controversy involving no other but the chief Justice, it tells a story of how corrupt and injudicious our country’s judicial system has become. Much was made [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2014 Since you can never underestimate the evil in politics until you are a victim, we need to be aware that we also don’t have to be the corpse to go to a funeral. Without fear of repetition, one sacred fact which [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2014 The imminent release of popular journalist David Tam Bayoh from prison, has been engineered by a Committee set up to secure his release. The committee, who met Tam Baryoh in prison and also spoke with president Koroma at State House, is made up of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2014 Today marks exactly a week since popular radio talk show host David Tam Baryoh was arrested by police in Freetown, after an order for his detention was signed by president Koroma. (Photo: Police chief – Munu). Sources at State House say that the journalist [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 November 2014 As Sierra Leone’s most popular radio talk show journalist – Dr. David Tam Baryoh spends another night at the Pademba Road Prison in Freetown, the legality of and constitutional basis for the president’s arrogation of such powers of arrest, are now seriously being questioned [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2014 Ebola is taking a heavy toll on the economies of the three West African nations that are at the centre of the outbreak – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Tens of billions of dollars are expected to be wiped off the GDP growth forecasts [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2014 So, Blaise Campaore the powerful dictator and pseudo-democrat of Burkina Faso has been forced out of office. (Photo: Campaore’s despotic reign up in flames – who is next?) I have broken my self-imposed vow of silence. Call it sabbatical [Read More]
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