Politics & Law

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2018: Democracy has been seen as the only salvation to the world’s political problems. Saddled with this notion is the prescription that term time limits are vital to ensure that democracy thrives in our communities. The fact of the matter is that democracy [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2018: Many have criticised president Julius Maada Bio’s delivery of his statement at today’s official opening of Parliament, but few would disagree on the depth and range of initiatives, discussed in his seventy-pages long speech. This is what he told parliament, the international community, and [Read More]

Anthony Kamara Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2018: President Julius Maada Bio has been widely commended for the content of his inaugural speech delivered at the official State Opening of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone. The august gathering at the Tower Hill House of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2018: Since taking up office as Sierra Leone’s newly elected president just over five weeks ago, president Julius Maada Bio and his Governance Transition Committee have been working tirelessly in search of financial savings across government, so that he can balance the books and pay [Read More]

Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2018: If you thought you have witnessed the tribalisation of public services in Sierra Leone, then possibly, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The innocuous looking request of the Secretary to the Cabinet for submission of CVs by all top civil servants, dated 4th [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2018: All eyes will tomorrow, Thursday 10th May 2018, be on the official state opening of Sierra Leone’s parliament. President Julius Maada Bio will officially meet and address all members of parliament representing his ruling SLPP, the main opposition APC, Yumkella’s NGC, C4C, Independents, and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2018: Parliament of Sierra Leone today, Tuesday 8 May 2018, debated and approved the Second and Third Reports of the Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, which is chaired by the leader of Government Business, Hon. Mohamed Sidi Tunis. According to the Department of [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2018: Since becoming the chief tenant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, Donald Trump has successfully made countless remarks, which at best have been annoying and controversial in equal measure. He has also had his fair share of gaffs, inaccurate accounts of [Read More]

Augustine Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2018: Sierra Leone’s Appointments and Public Service Parliamentary Committee, has postponed the interview of the controversial Dr. Denis Sandy, the proposed Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment, although his name was on the list of nominees to be interviewed today. The [Read More]