Politics & Law

The ECOWAS Youth Council: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2017: The ECOWAS Youth Council (EYC), after extensive deliberation and regional consultation, is using this medium to call on the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, led by His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma, to respect and honour the ruling of [Read More]

Franklyn Davies: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Following the disastrous re-launch of the Port Loko Bankasoka Dam by the ruling APC government to score cheap popularity and political points, questions abound the day after – inside State House, about who was to blame for the fiasco. The ruling party’s [Read More]

Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 December 2017: Perhaps no major political or humanitarian disaster is as overlooked as the ongoing crisis in Libya. For example, although the New York Times in September 2017 published a total of seven articles mentioning Libya, only one of them touched on the violence [Read More]

SLPP Media Team: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2017 He was passionate, confident and assuring as he addressed hundreds of Sierra Leoneans at the prestigious Royal Regency Hall in London on Saturday 9th December 2017 with a very simple message that as the next President it will not be business [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2017: The controversial former minister of lands in the Koroma government – Musa Tarawallie, and now an aspiring presidential candidate of the newly established opposition party – the Citizens Democratic Coalition (CDC) was arrested last night and detained by the Sierra Leone Police at the [Read More]

Lawyer Adikalie Foday Sumah , ESQ: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 December 2017: The recent political development in Sierra Leone sparked by the determination of the Community Court of Justice (hereinafter referred to the CCJ) of the Regional Multilateral Body, the Economic Community of West African States (hereinafter referred to as [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2017 The parliament of Sierra Leone was dissolved last Wednesday, amid allegations that the Ernest Koroma cabinet had approved the purchasing of 223 jeeps to bribe senior government officials, paramount chiefs and judges, ahead of general and presidential elections. The contract is said to be [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay – Information attached, Beijing: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2017: It was an emotional moment, listening to the president’s valedictory speech in Parliament. There, he proudly outlined his successes in the last decade as President of the republic. It was touching, reflecting where the country was, to [Read More]

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 December 2017: It was little more than ten years ago that the Electoral Commissioner, Madam Christiana Thorpe announced the tense election results between the two leading arch rivals – the Sierra Leone People’s Party and the All People’s Congress.  As curious and eager [Read More]