In Sierra Leone, a watchdog group responsible for monitoring elections has reported irregularities in voting results, announced on June 27, that returned incumbent President Julius Maada Bio to another term with 56.2% of the tally. National Election Watch said in a statement that it “has noted large inconsistencies in turnout and…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
President Julius Maada Bio has been elected to another term in Sierra Leone, where the country’s electoral commission declared him the winner of Saturday’s election with 56.2% of the vote. It was enough to ensure that the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) candidate will not face a runoff election. Main…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
In Sierra Leone, opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara was huddled in his office on Sunday while claiming an assassination attempt on his life by security forces who surrounded the building in Freetown. The events followed Saturday’s election in which Kamara, of the All People’s Congress (APC), was the main contender…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
West African nations have signed new memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in support of the Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline Project, even as other pipeline projects on the African continent come under fire because of the global priority to halt investment in gas and oil exploration and move away from fossil fuel…
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Hard-hit Nigeria is by no means the only African nation dealing with severe impacts from climate change. A new assessment from the World Food Program (WFP) identifies 19 countries in Central and West Africa dealing with floods caused by excessive rainfall. Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Gambia and Chad are…
Liberians waited anxiously for the results of an Ebola test after a woman with serious symptoms was treated at a Monrovia clinic, reportedly having traveled to Nzerekore, the city at the center of neighboring Guinea’s expanding Ebola outbreak. Health minister Dr. Wilhemina Jallah confirmed the suspected case during press comments…
Four African presidents will lead the discussion Wednesday on “what’s next for Africa” as global government and corporate leaders in Riyadh meet this week at Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative, often known as “Davos in the Desert.” The four – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou and…
An Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court will hold a hearing Thursday on Sierra Leone’s ban that prevents pregnant girls from attending school with their peers or sitting for their exams. Joining in the legal case on behalf of the affected girls is Amnesty International, which received permission…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement is moving forward, with the addition of ratifications from two more members to reach the minimum threshold. Sierra Leone and the Saharawi Republic helped the AU to reach the necessary 22 nations required for the AfCFTA to enter into force. That will…
Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara was assassinated while headed home from work in Banjul in December 2004. He was a fierce critic of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, and an advocate for press freedom working with The Point newspaper, AFP and Reporters Without Borders. He is one of many African journalists who…
Sierra Leone has begun a long-awaited inquiry to determine what happened to millions in funding during the nation’s devastating Ebola crisis – money that government officials and outbreak survivors say never reached Ebola patients and their communities. The funds went missing as more than 14,000 people in Sierra Leone contracted…
President Julius Maada Bio paid respects to the victims and families of Sierra Leone’s 2017 landslide tragedy, promising during the memorial events to create a National Disaster Preparedness and Management Agency to prevent future catastrophes. “Today, we remember all our brothers, sisters and children who lost their lives in this…
The United States bullied less powerful nations, intimidating those in Africa and Latin America, in order to weaken a June resolution on breastfeeding at the World Health Assembly in Geneva – a news headline that drew the ire of President Donald Trump when it was reported by the New York…
In Sierra Leone, former vice president Victor Foh and former mines minister Mansaray Minkailu were arrested Thursday as part of new President Julius Maada Bio’s aggressive crackdown on corruption. Despite claims that the arrests are politically motivated, Maada Bio – the Sierra Leone People’s Party candidate elected in a disputed…
Sierra Leone’s new president will soon head to New York for meetings at the United Nations, according to the country’s foreign minister. Dr. Alie Sanjan Kabba, speaking with Radio Democracy 98.1 in Freetown, said President Julius Maada Bio will lead his delegation as head of state but also as the…