Politics & Law

Dennis Kabatto Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2017 Sierra Leone’s presidential spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has placed restrictions on business and tourism visas on Sierra Leone immigration and foreign affairs ministry officials. The Trump administration visa restrictions on four African and Asian countries – [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2017 The UN has declared September 15 as the International Day of Democracy. The idea is to review the state of democracy in the world. According to Nic Cheeseman, Africa is in much better shape than it’s ever been but it’s not all positive as [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2017 Many in Liberia and across the continent would be shocked to learn that Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s record on women’s issues is not so wonderful as expected. In the twelve years since she became Africa’s first elected female leader, she’s been repeatedly hailed [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2017 Sierra Leone’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice – Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara yesterday Sunday 10th, September 2017, joined Chief Justice Abdullai Hamid Charm in celebrating the Annual Judicial Service Day at the St. George’s Cathedral, Freetown. And on Saturday, 9th September 2017, the Attorney-General and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2017 Not much has been heard from Dr Kandeh Yumkella after his resignation from the opposition SLPP party last week, until yesterday – 9th of September 2017, that is, when he spoke to a large section of his supporters in Washington DC, USA. According to [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2017 “This world demands the qualities of youth: which is not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2017 Kenya’s Supreme Court decision to annul last month’s election results is no doubt celebrated in Africa as a record breaking and brave act of judicial independence. But as several other African countries – such as Sierra Leone start preparations for general and presidential elections [Read More]

Joseph Macarthy Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 September 2017 Unless urban planning is taken seriously in Sierra Leone, there’s a risk that similar disasters like the mudslides could occur with potentially more devastating consequences. The country is still reeling from the effects of a mudslide that killed nearly 1000 people and [Read More]