SLPP Headquarters, June 22, 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio who is the presidential candidate for the Sierra Leone People’s Party, SLPP, has received ECOWAS, African Union, and West African Elders Forum Observer Missions ahead of the June 24 multi-tier elections, citing the many successes the country has made to ensure a...Read More
High voter turnout dey recorded in many areas for Sierra Leone across 16 districts early mor-mor on Saturday. More dan three million pipo dey expected to participate and decide who become dia their next President, members of parliament and local representatives. However, di Presidential Candidate of di main opposition party don describe di process as...Read More
Today, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged London Mining Plc Chief Executive Officer Graeme Hossie, Chief Financial Officer Rachel Rhodes and international business consultant Ariel Armon with conspiring to make multiple corrupt payments to secure preferential treatment in Sierra Leone. London Mining Plc had operations in Brazil, China, Colombia, Greenland, Saudi...Read More
George M.O Williams Delay in the movement of voting materials to polling stations by the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone has led to delay in the commencement of voting especially in Western Area, local observers have said in their preliminary reports on June 24. Some polling stations opened several hours late, resulting to confusion among crowds...Read More
By George M.O Williams Presidential Candidates of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) on Saturday, June 24, 2023, cast their votes in Freetown. President Julius Maada Bio cast his vote at the Hockey Pitch, Wilberforce in Freetown while Dr Samura Kamara cast his at the Manfa...Read More
Voters on Saturday are faced with a choice between the same two leading presidential candidates as in 2018 . There was a high turnout, with voters telling the BBC the process was smooth despite ballots opening hours late in many areas. There had been concern about potential clashes in the run up to the vote....Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana Angry youths in Bo City, the stronghold of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) have on Monday, June 19, 2023, burnt the office of the Main Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) situated along Gbaiama Road, in Bo City, in the Southern Region of Sierra Leone. The APC regional office is...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh The Unity Party (UP) headed by Femi Claudius Cole yesterday dragged the Political Party Regulatory Commission (PPRC) to court on the grounds that the party is dissatisfied with the decision taken by the PPRC in a letter dated 6 April 2023 stopping them from participating in the general elections.The matter is being...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Sierra Leone has become the fifth African country to issue a license to Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX, owned by the World’s richest man, Elon Musk. Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, is about to witness a remarkable transformation in its internet landscape with the arrival of Starlink,...Read More
Story by Bloomberg President Julius Maada Bio says many troubles afflicting Sierra Leone, from high inflation to unrest, originate from outside his nation. Facing a tight run for reelection later this month, he says he hopes an African peace mission can help solve one of those external pressures: the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine...Read More
