By Sallieu S. Kanu The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice has supported calls from some sections of the society for the All People’s Congress (APC) party to seek legal redress challenging the outcome of the June 24 President Election. European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were “statistical inconsistencies” in the...Read More
By DOMINIC MORRELL Coffee developers in Sierra Leone have offered hope for climate-resilient solutions as rising temperatures and changes in rainfall threaten to wipe out more than half of the world’s coffee production. Significant progress has been achieved in a Sierra Leonean project to recultivate a historic local species better adapted to higher temperatures. Stenophylla...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The leadership of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party has on Friday, June 30, 2023 declared that it will not participate in all the levels of governance, including the legislature and local councils, in protest against their belief that the results of the June 24 general elections had been tampered...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana In the wake of the recently concluded June 24 elections in Sierra Leone, the Fifty-Fifty Group has on Friday, June 30, 2023 expressed serious concern with the current trend of cyber-bullying targeted at female political leaders and heads of election observer missions. The Activist Group implores the public to recognize that...Read More
Police in Sierra Leone have fired tear gas at the main opposition party’s headquarters in the capital Freetown as voters await the results of a fiercely fought general election. The opposition’s presidential candidate Samura Kamara of All People’s Congress (APC) said on Twitter that live bullets had been fired at his office inside the party...Read More
By George M.O. Williams Partial results announced by the Electoral Commission Siera Leone (ECSL) on Monday put the presidential Candidate of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Dr Julius Maada Bio on the lead in the presidential race. Bio pulled 1,067, 666 votes while his main rival Dr. Samura Kamara of the opposition All Peoples...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu National Commission for Democracy (NCD) has called on all those involved in the electoral process including the electorates to keep calm and remain focused as the destiny of the country is decided based on the will of the people as expressed in the ballot boxes on Saturday, June 24, 2023. “Everybody...Read More
The Eminent Women Peace Mediators- SL have in a statement it put out on Monday 26TH June 2023 called for calm as Sierra Leoneans await the announcement of the final official results of the multi-tier elections held on Saturday June 24th 2023. In the statement the women also congratulated Sierra Leoneans for turning out in...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, has said that delays in the commencement of voting across Sierra Leone in the general elections conducted on Saturday June 24, 2023 could be attributed to some Polling Staff abandoning their duties and many others reporting late to collect voting materials. He added that...Read More
The Carter Center has in a statement it put out on Friday, June 25, 2023, expressed concern about reports indicating a lack of transparency during parts of the tabulation of the results in the June 24 Multi-tier elections. The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn,...Read More
