By Jane B. Mansaray. The High Court of Sierra Leone, presided over by Justice Adrian Fischer, yesterday issued an interim injunction restraining former executive members of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) from holding themselves out as executive members of the party or performing functions reserved for its executive. The order, which varies an earlier injunction granted on August …

The National Chairman of the ruling SLPP (Sierra Leone Peoples Party), Sir Jimmy Batilo Songa, has assured Sierra Leoneans and the international community that General and Presidential elections will go ahead as scheduled in November 2028. “As a party, we are not going to change the electoral calendar…That’s an issue for the ECSL…As long as we are concerned, elections will …

𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐨 The former Vice President of Sierra Leone, Honorable Dr Victor Bockarie Foh, has openly backed the Proportional Representation (PR) System stating that it promotes inclusive representation. According to him, he supports the Proportional Representation (PR) for Parliamentary, Mayoral & Local Councils Elections in Sierra Leone stating that it is in the best interest of the …

Dear Mr. President, Re: Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2025 I write in relation to the above subject matter and to appeal to you to assent the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2025 passed by the Legislature on 10th August, 2026. Your Excellency, the three branches of Government have their separate and distinct roles and responsibilities well defined …

By Sorie Fofana.                       When the APC genuinely lost the 2023 general elections, they blamed the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone for allegedly rigging the elections results in favor of the ruling SLPP. Against the advice of their own lawyers, the party refused to challenge the outcome of the 2023 elections …

On Tuesday, 11th August, 2026 President Dr Julius Maada Bio announced a major cabinet reshuffle that saw the replacement of the Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, two of the major offices of state. The Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura and Alhaji Timothy Musa Kabba respectively, got redeployed to …

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio welcomed His Excellency President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema of the Gabonese Republic to State House, where both leaders held high-level bilateral talks and agreed to deepen cooperation through a structured partnership in natural resources, agriculture, maritime security, trade and democratic governance. Receiving President Oligui Nguema and his delegation, President Bio described the visit …

Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh welcomed Gabon President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and First Lady Zita Oligui Nguema at Lungi International Airport on their arrival for an official visit aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries. Vice President received the visiting delegation on behalf of President Julius Maada Bio and conveyed Sierra Leone’s warm welcome as the Gabonese leader …

After completing his landmark one-year term as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio on Sunday, 19th July, 2026 passed the mantle of leadership to his younger brother, His Excellency Bassirou Diomaya Faye, President of the Republic of Senegal. This is the first time in the 51-year-old history of the …

𝐁𝐲 𝐋. 𝐆𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) has at no point since the 1970s been free from serious criticism and strictures. The 2004 report of the Truth and Reconciliation noted that members of the bar, in colluding with various governments since Siaka Stevens’ depraved one-party state, “contributed a great deal towards the massive abuse of human rights that …