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Bio’s SLPP government desperate to remove Auditor General Lara Taylor-Pearce (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2024: This writer has learnt from a very reliable source within the government that there is desperation to remove the suspended Auditor General, Mrs. Lara Taylor Pearce by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Paopa Government. If this illegal action is taken against [...]
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Call for civil disobedience in Sierra Leone is not an act of rebellion – A point of view (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2024: For too long, Sierra Leone has been held hostage by the shackles of political dynasties, marred by corruption, violence, and a disregard for human rights. (Photo above: President Julius Maada Bio). Since gaining independence in 1961, the nation has oscillated between [...]
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Swiss court jails Gambia ex-minister for 20 years – a lesson for African politicians (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2024: A Swiss court has sentenced a former Gambian minister to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity, according to BBC report published yesterday 15th May. Ousman Sonko fled to Switzerland in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh was forced out of power [...]
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Why APC did not go to Supreme Court to challenge 2023 election results (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sylvanus Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2024: In order to determine the correctness or incorrectness for a petitioner in filing a petition lies on the gazetted results, without which the filing of a petition is meaningless. This is why the law repeatedly states that as soon as the results [...]
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Rodney Strasser donates 100kva generator to Freetown hospital after baby dies due to lack of electricity (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 May 2024: Former Leone Stars and AC Milan midfielder Rodney Strasser has made a passionate donation to the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) ‘Cottage Hospital’ in Freetown. In the early hours of Monday May 13, the football legend, through his Rodney Strasser Foundation, donated a 100KVA [...]
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US ambassador navigates Sierra Leone’s electoral quagmire: A call for Justice (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (what a man): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2024: The US Ambassador to Freetown in his interview on Radio Democracy (FM 98.1) on Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Freetown, successfully sparked genuine discussions and conversations among Sierra Leoneans and other concerned persons inside and outside of Sierra [...]
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Freetown City Council and CRS support household waste collection in Kolleh Town and Cocklebay (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
FCC Media Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2024: Waste found on our streets, gutters and waterways in Freetown is the result of illegal dumping by residents and businesses. For those residents living in hard-to-reach and informal settlements, the lack of access for waste service providers is often combined with [...]
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Diaspora must be held accountable for giving oxygen to President Bio’s human rights offences (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2024: In the intricate web of politics, where power dynamics shape alliances and oppositions, the Sierra Leonean diaspora finds itself entangled in a complex relationship with the government of President Julius Maada Bio. While physical distance may separate them from the daily [...]
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DFC approves $292 million loan for development of Freetown-based Western Area power generation (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2024: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) Nisha Biswal and Chief Minister of Sierra Leone David Moinina Sengeh yesterday announced up to $412 million in financing and political risk insurance in support of the country’s plans to address rolling [...]
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Sierra Leone’s chief minister David Sengeh unmasks himself (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (What A Man): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2024: Sierra Leoneans are perturbed by the recent several infamous statements from the mouth of the Chief Minister, David Sengeh. Speculations suggest that ever since David Sengeh cut off his rastafarian dreadlocks, he seems to have lost his sense [...]
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The Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and the All People’s Congress (APC): Two sides of the same coin? (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh ( The FOX): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2024: In 2018, the erudite Editor Mr. Abdul Rashid Thomas of the Sierra Leone Telegraph posed a poignant question to the SLPP: “Has the Party Shot Itself in the Foot?” After the SLPP elected a Pro Maada Bio National [...]
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Opposition APC parliamentarians to start regular press conference to promote accountability and transparency (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2024: As concerns grow among supporters and members of the main opposition APC party about the party’s seemingly lack of leadership and ability to mount and sustain a strong opposition against the ruling SLPP following the June 23, 2023 elections, which by all accounts now [...]
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Sierra Leone’s electricity nightmare continues despite more than $35 million paid to Karpower in last 7 months (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2024: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs conference room was buzzing with anticipation on Tuesday, 30th April, 2024, at the government’s weekly press conference, where the spotlight was on the energy and finance sectors, with Chief Minister David Sengeh, Dr. Eldred Tunde Taylor, [...]
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National crisis unfolds as Sierra Leone’s jobless graduates struggle to find hope (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 May 2024: In the heart of Sierra Leone, April has dawned not as a month of celebration, but as a stark reminder of the growing crisis facing the nation’s graduates. With mortarboards tossed in the air and diplomas in hand, more than 30,000 [...]
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ECSL must publish the June 2023 election results by notice in the national gazette (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (What A Man): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 May 2024: One of the principal tasks of the Elections Review Tripartite Committee is to ensure that the results of the June 2023 multi-tier elections are published by notice in the national Gazette. It is the function of the National [...]
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Freetown Guma Dam embankment scorched by land grabbers (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Guma Communications Unit: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2024: Less than two weeks after the Board of Directors of the Guma Valley Water Company called upon the Government to prioritize the protection of the water catchment areas around the Guma Dam at Mile 13, some unpatriotic and unscrupulous individuals on [...]
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Leadership of Sierra Leone’s Teaching Service Commission embroils in disgraceful controversy (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2024: The recent suspension of six principals from top grade A schools in Freetown has sparked considerable concern regarding the integrity of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC). Parents from these affected schools have voiced reservations about the lack of due process, and for [...]
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President Bio calls for bolder vision for Africa’s sustainable growth based on good governance, transparency, and accountability (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2024: Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Joins Colleague Heads of State in Kenya for the International Development Association Heads of State Summit Speaking at the summit, President Bio highlighted the need for decisive and collaborative actions from African governments, the international community, and reliable [...]
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President Bio appoints himself minister of electricity (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2024: President Bio has taken over full responsibility for and control of the overall management and supervision of Sierra Leone’s electricity sector, after sacking the incumbent minister of energy Kanja Sesay last week. Kanja Sesay’s downfall came following the death of a toddler at the [...]
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UN Economic Commission for Africa urges youth to raise their voice in shaping Africa’s development (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2024: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, has challenged African youth to raise their voice in shaping the future development of the continent ahead of the Summit of the Future. Opening the African Youth Consultative Forum on the UN Summit for [...]
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Sierra Leone’s 63 years of despair – A nation lost in darkness (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2024: As the world turns its gaze toward Sierra Leone on its 63rd Independence Day, the nation finds itself at a crossroads of reflection and despair. For six decades and three years, this West African nation has trudged through a quagmire of [...]
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Mourning the betrayal of Independence – Sierra Leone’s Cry for Unity, Freedom, and Justice (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh – The Fox: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2024: As Sierra Leoneans, today we commemorate another Independence Day, but one question looms heavy: why should we celebrate a nationhood that has failed to deliver on its promises? For far too long, our people have endured the bitter [...]
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Sierra Leone’s energy minister Kanja Sesay falls on his sword as baby dies in hospital (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 April 2024: Dr Kanja Sesay, Sierra Leone’s energy minister has this afternoon tendered his resignation, after failing to address the country’s perennial electricity blackouts that have in the last few months sent the entire capital Freetown into darkness, not only putting lives at risk but has [...]
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Bad manners maketh monsters – how president Bio disgraced his school (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Magnus Cole: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2024: In early April, social media in Sierra Leone went agog over the surprising appearance of President Julius Maada Bio in a Maybach Mercedes car. Bio was at this year’s annual alumni celebration of the foundation Day of the Bo Government Secondary School [...]
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Sierra Leone – a nation promised a “New Direction” – Yet, what transpires is a satanic journey towards darkness (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2024: In the heart of Sierra Leone, a nation once praised for its resilience and courage in the face of adversity, a dark cloud looms ominously. Extra-judicial killings have become a chilling norm, casting a shadow over the aspirations of a people [...]
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Minister of Finance and the Government’s Consolidated Funds: Where is the taxpayers money? (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2024: In the heart of Sierra Leone’s bustling streets, amidst the cries of hardship and the flickering lights of businesses struggling to survive eletricity blackout, a singular question echoes louder than ever: Where is the taxpayers’ money? As Sierra Leoneans grapple with [...]
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Trump accused of falsifying hush money payment record – President Bio accused of falsifying hotel receipts and double deeping (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Ibrahim Baimba Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 April 2024 On Monday 15 April 2024 the first of four criminal cases against the Republican Candidate for November 2024 US Presidential Election, former President Donald J. Trump commenced. These four criminal cases include: 1. Falsifying hush money records 2. Georgia election interference [...]
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The only man left standing fit to be President of Sierra Leone is Dr. Dennis Bright, is he interested? Op ed (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2024: In the murky waters of Sierra Leonean politics, where integrity seems to be a rare commodity and self-interest reigns supreme, one man stands out as a beacon of hope for the nation’s future: Dr. Dennis Bright. Amidst the sea of opportunistic politicians vying for [...]
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Sierra Leone hosts ECOWAS regional conference on peace, security and the use of autonomous weapon systems (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2024: ECOWAS conference on the dangers posed by the use of autonomous weapons systems on the peace and security of the region, opened in Freetown yesterday, where president Bio spoke about his government’s commitment towards a global treaty. Delivering his opening address at the two-day [...]
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Sierra Leone’s Speaker of Parliament Abass Bundu resigns (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2024: The controversial Speaker of Sierra Leone’s parliament, Dr Abass Bundu has tendered his resignation to President Bio, which he says is due to “illness”. But tension has been mounting between Dr Bundu and President Julius Maada Bio, after Bio’s nomination of opposition MP – [...]
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