President Maada Bio has ordered the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to change the voting system as he struggles to shake off the effects of a popular uprising and seek re-election in June 2023. Under the proposed system, voters will no longer elect their representatives directly. Instead, they will use a proportional representation system […]
Continue ReadingFreetown, Sierra Leone – The fourth poll by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR) in Sierra Leone finds that a majority of people believe the country is moving in the wrong direction but shows strong support for women’s political participation and democratic governance. When asked about the direction of the country, 55% of Sierra […]
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The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has released its 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Sierra Leone. The report highlight several human right lapses committed by countries and their governments across the world in 2021. In Sierra Leone, Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary […]
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A fuel tanker has exploded following a collision in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, killing at least 99 people and injuring dozens of others, according to officials. The explosion took place late on Friday after a vehicle struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown. The death toll on […]
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“The visit was very engaging and rewarding” – DDG, NATCOM Nigeria’s global ranking as a model in telecom regulation, and her status as a leading light of operational efficiency, solidarity and collaborative partnering in sub-regional and Continental telecommunication sphere, received a boost recently when a delegation from the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) of Sierra Leone, […]
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Progressive opposition parties in Parliament have kicked against spoken with dictatorial excesses of the ruling SLPP government and their persistent violations of the Constitution. In a statement issued today against the imposition of Mrs Zainab Morseray as electoral commissioner for Western region, the opposition recalled that on the 16th of September 2021, we the members […]
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The government of Sierra Leone will move to end death penalty in the country, Deputy Justice Minister Umaru Napoleon Koroma said on Wednesday.“once the legislation goes to parliament and gets approved, that ends the story of death penalty in the country,” the minister said.On May 6, Sierra Leone Telegraph reported that the President of the […]
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Authorities in Sierra Leone should release journalist Sylvia Olayinka Blyden immediately and drop the charges against her, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On May 1, police arrested Blyden, publisher of the Awareness Times newspaper, at her home in Freetown for alleged “cyber-related” offenses, according to Messeh Leone, a legal activist familiar with the […]
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Sierra Leone is gripped with political tension amidst Coronavirus pandemic as the opposition All Peoples Congress has denied accusation by President Mada Bio that it was funding terrorism in the country. The President had in a nationwide broadcast vowed to hit the opposition very hard ,accusing APC leaders of involvement in terrorism against the state. […]
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