Politics & Law

Over $500,000 withdrawn from Sierra Leone government’s bank account to pay for President Bio and his wife’s trip to New York

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2022: Details on bank transfers and withdrawal records from the President’s Office in Freetown show that over US$500, 000 was withdrawn from the Central Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) to allegedly fund personal expenses of the [Read More]

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Equipment and software irregularities affect Sierra Leone’s voter registration despite about US$10 million government procurement expenditures

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 September 2022: Sierra Leone’s national voter registration exercise for 2023 commenced on 3 September 2022, and was fraught with technical and bureaucratic challenges. Hundreds of videos and other evidence collected by Africanist Press show that thousands of [Read More]

Politics & Law

Transforming education is not cheap – says President Bio as he unveils new National Education Sector Plan

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2022: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the National Education Sector Plan 2022-2026 under the theme, “Transforming Education for All”, noting that although transforming education is not cheap, his government is making gains. Speaking at the Freetown International Centre in Aberdeen, Freetown last Thursday [Read More]

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NGC raises concern about recurring technical inadequacies facing Sierra Leone’s election voter registration

National Grand Coalition Party: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2022 The National Grand Coalition party (NGC) has been monitoring the conduct of the registration of voters by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) since the exercise started on 3rd September 2022 and supporting the process through sensitization and massive [Read More]

Politics & Law

Main opposition APC member of parliament – Mohamed Bangura and the chairman of Tonkolili District Council – Yabom Sesay remanded in prison

Dauda Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2022: The All People’s Congress Member of Parliament for constituency 066 in Kerena District, Hon. Mohamed Bangura and the APC chairlady for Tonkolili District Yabom Sesay were both remanded in prison yesterday, on charges of riotous conduct, obstruction and assault on a police [Read More]