Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2018 The people of Sierra Leone will in the next few weeks be saying goodbye to president Koroma, who has ruled the country for over ten years. Presidential and general elections will be held on March 7, 2018, and his handpicked heir to his throne [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2018 Will the people of Sierra Leone experience violent free elections on 7th of March 2018? This question must be asked tonight, after last night’s orgy of violence that was unleashed in the norther town of Kamalo – the hotly contested hometown of the ruling [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2018: Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Commander-in-Chief (CIC) of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), yesterday Sunday 18th February 2018, urged the  men and women in uniform to be professional at all times. Speaking at the ceremony [Read More]

Maada Bio: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 February 2018 Colleague serving officers, men and women of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, I salute you all in the spirit of the esprit de corps on this momentous day of commemorating the end of 11 years civil war in this country. [Read More]

Joseph Opala / Gary Schulze: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2018 President Trump’s insulting remarks about Africans who immigrate to the United States prompted us to share our experiences on that subject. We bring an unusual perspective to the topic. We are both native-born Americans; from Oklahoma and New York [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2017: The social media has been flooded with photos of Chinese nationals actively participating in our political discourse recently. Many people have not only found this surprising but also appalling. There is a general impression that this is an affront on our political [Read More]

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2018 One political party that seems ever willing to acquiesce to anything for corruption and gross inefficiency, is the All People’s Congress (APC). This is not unexpected, considering their presence in every facet of public life and the highly visible profile of President [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2018 The Prize Committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has today announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, has won the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The Committee found that, confronted with unprecedented and renewed challenges, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf demonstrated [Read More]

A concerned Citizen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2018 Based on publicly available figures, the government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) headed by President Ernest Bai Koroma and his All Peoples’ Congress (APC) party, may have presided over the most corrupt era in the history of the country, as they have [Read More]