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By Alpha Abu and Saio Marrah The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone, ECSL has dismissed social media claims that the institution was subjected to duress by President Julius Maada Bio or any government official during the recent electioneering process, describing such claims as “malicious and dangerous’’ to the country’s democracy.
By Alpha Abu The Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Parliament, Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu says walk-outs and boycotts have lost their value and relevance in this 21st Century. Dr. Bundu’s statement in Parliament on Monday 24th July 2023 was directed at the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) whose Members of Parliament have boycotted sittings of the Sixth Parliament, since the
By Alpha Abu The country’s Leone currency notes are to have the last three zeroes struck off in what is a comprehensive redenomination process that is to be initiated by the Central Bank. This was disclosed by the Governor of the central bank, Professor Keifalla Kallon during a press conference in Freetown on Wednesday 12 August 2021. The last three zeroes on the Leone notes
By Alpha Abu Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara is to make his appearance at the Freetown High Court No. 1 today Friday where he and five other men are being tried on corruption charges in relation to the renovation of Sierra Leone’s UN Chancery building in New York, United States. Dr. Kamara who lost the June Presidential Election to incumbent President Julius Maada Bio resumes
By Alpha Abu Representatives of some key financial institutions in Sierra Leone are participating in a two-day training on how to capacitate Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The training which began yesterday at the Brookfields hotel in Freetown is organised by UNIDO in collaboration with International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development