Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 As we approach the elections of March 2018, politicians are busy on the campaign trail. They are making lofty promises. These elections may mark a turning point in our political trajectory. The tenure of Ernest Koroma’s All People’s Congress (APC) will end, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, today Thursday 9th November 2017, hosted the new Ambassador of the United States of America to Sierra Leone, at her ministry’s New Englandville offices. The Ambassador was accompanied by a high-powered [Read More]
Adrian Fisher Esq Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2017 I have read with interest, a short article written by my learned friend and senior colleague at the Bar, Francis Gabbidon Esq, entitled “Sierra Leoneans with dual citizenship cannot be members of parliament”. He premised his article on the basis that: [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2017 The dust seems to have settled, or it is settling after an orgy of political goombay dance. The recently concluded APC convention would be remembered for many things and for many years to come. The pre-election gathering of the APC Party was [Read More]
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2017 You know something? As far as I am concerned, unless we review our entire societal ethos and ensure equity and operationally balanced values that will nullify the desire for power grabbing, our cry against corruption in every facet of our national [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2017 President Koroma arrived in Brussels yesterday Sunday, 29th October 2017, after lavishly spending over $700,000 on a political campaign parade on Saturday in the capital Freetown. The parade was organised by ruling APC party central office in violation of general election rules, which clearly [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 October 2017 Key institutions steering Kenya’s election have evidently broken down, leaving the country open to an iron fist to re-establish political stability by any means necessary. Dominic Burbidge of the University of Oxford writes in theconversation.com: I remember walking through the rubble of burnt out [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2017 When president Koroma was first elected ten years ago, he promised to bring much needed reforms that will change the way Sierra Leone was being governed. Not least, he said his government will ensure transparency, probity, openness, and accountability – the key principles upon [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2017 For the first time in the history of Sierra Leone, since the country gained independence in 1961, politicians from across the political divide have come together to form a broad church of liberal philosophies and values, which they say is a break-away from the [Read More]
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