By Kareemot Salami, Broadcast Journalist, BBC Pidgin In less dan three weeks Sierra Leone go get new President. Dis year election go see di incumbent president Julius Maada Bio for anoda electoral face-off wit di candidate of di main opposition party – di All Peoples Congress (APC), Samura Kamara. Kamara no be new comer to Seirra Leone politics, im name be household name inside di kontri. Five years ago, President...Read More
Story by Emmanuel Yeboah, Mawusi Yaw Dumenu and Enoch Randy Aikins Sierra Leoneans head to the polls on 24 June to elect a new president, parliamentarians, mayors and local councillors. This will be the fifth consecutive election cycle since the end of the country’s civil war in 2002, marking 21 years of democracy. Despite a legacy of competitive polls and peaceful transfer of power, these elections come at a crossroads...Read More
By Silas Isenjia “May this election bring an end to the violence, hatred, and discord that has plagued our beloved country,” the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone, Fr. Peter Konteh, has implored ahead of the June 24 general elections. Fr. Konteh who was addressing the ninth Congress of the Regional Union of the Diocesan Priests of West Africa (RUPWA) on Monday, June 5, 2023, further implored, “May the upcoming elections in...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Thousands of supporters of the All People’s Congress (APC) on Friday, June 9, 2023 welcomed the party presidential candidate Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara and his Vice Presidential Candidate Hon. Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah to the district. Speaking to the party supporters at the Koidu Town Field, the APC Presidential Candidate said, “Kono will always matter to the APC, but we should stop the mischief of...Read More
Deforestation continues apace – ignoring the lessons of a deadly landslide tragedy in 2017 By Nick Webster A rampant land grab engulfing Sierra Leone‘s capital city is threatening communities and the future of its wild chimpanzees. Freetown, the largest port city in the country, has a population of about 1.2 million people that is expected to grow by 3 per cent every year over the next decade. Despite this growth, the...Read More
