February 08, 2023
Sierra Leone: SLPP Delegates' Conference Begins Today
The ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) is having its 13th National Delegates Conference at the Bintumani Conference Centre, Freetown. Read more »
February 07, 2023
Sierra Leone: Kky and the 'Dust' of January 28th
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January 31, 2023
Sierra Leone: Supreme Court Upholds Proportional Representative System for 2023 Polls
Supreme Court presided over by Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards and four other empanelled judges, has upheld that the Proportional Representative System should be used for… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Sierra Leone: Parliament Passes Public Elections Petition Rules 2022
Parliament has on Tuesday passed into law the Public Elections Petition Rules,2022, with the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) securing 22 while the ruling Sierra Leone… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Parliament Ratifies Four Bilateral Agreements
Members of Parliament on Tuesday ratified four bilateral agreements between the Republic of Sierra Leone, the State of Qatar and the Republic of The Gambia for the promotion of… Read more »
Sierra Leone: I Am Red and Ready to Lift APC in Pujehun District - Chairman Aspirant
Sylvester Massaquoi, former All People's Congress (APC) District Youth Leader in Pujehun and now Chairman Aspirant for the APC Party in the District has promised to lift the party… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Port Loko Councilor Endorses Ambassador Omrie Golley
Councilor for Ward 247 in Port Loko, Zainab Mansaray has openly endorsed Ambassador Omrie Golley's candidacy for APC flagbearer ahead of the party's National Delegates Convention… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Sierra Leone: As 2023 Elections Draws Near UN Resident Coordinator Calls On Youth to Put Sierra Leone First
Delivering the keynote remarks yesterday at the start of a three-day training on negotiation and consensus building for political youth leaders at the Sierra Bay Hotel in Freetown,… Read more »
Sierra Leone: RUFP Chairman - We Are Prepared to Take Over Governance in 2023
The National Chairman of the Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP),Foday Massaquoi, has told Concord Times that their party is prepared to take over governance in June,2023. Read more »
January 24, 2023
Sierra Leone: European Union Delegation Pays Courtesy Call to Stats Sl
A delegation from the European Union (EU) has paid a courtesy call on the leadership and management of Stats SL to understand the National Statistical System and the role of Stats… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Ponder My Thoughts - 20 Issues That Defined 2022
The year 2022 is behind us. Many issues shaped a year in which the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were still being felt. Social media continued to divide. Self-styled… Read more »
Sierra Leone: In Puhejun - Amb. Omrie Golley Declares for APC Flagbearer
"People want change, and they need someone they can trust to deliver a positive transformation of Sierra Leone. I believe the time has come for me to step up. Read more »
January 23, 2023
Sierra Leone: Speakers Calls On MPs to Be Role Models
Speaker of Parliament,Dr. Abass C. Bundu, has cautioned Members of Parliament, who are in the habit of attending parliamentary sittings late to desist from such act and consider… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Sierra Leone: Lawmakers Demand More Funding for Labour Ministry
As lawmakers debate the proposed Employment Bill, 2023, a number of them have called on the government, through the Ministry of Finance, to provide more funding to the Ministry of… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Checkmating Political Gabs and Rhetorics
My loyalty to the All Peoples' Congress (APC) Party aside, I still considered it obligatory to have congratulated Mr. Alpha Bakarr Sahid Kanu (a.k.a Alpha Khan) on his appointment… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Sierra Leone: 2023 Elections - ReNIP to Hold Delegates' Conference in February
National Chairman and Leader of the Republic National Independent Party (ReNIP), Beresford Victor Williams,has informed Concord Times, through a telephone interview that the party… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Sierra Leone: 'Big Six' Is Not a Faction Within the APC - Petito Koroma Clarifies
Alimamy Petitio Koroma, one of the leading aspirants for the flagbearer position of the All People's Congress (APC) Party has clarified that 'Big Six' is not a faction within the… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Sierra Leone: APC Requests Extension of Time to Complete Lower Level Elections
The All People's Congress (APC) Party has through the Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) and the Transitional Interim Independent Elections Management Committee… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Sierra Leone: Is the New Finance Minister the Answer?
As crisis threatens to bleak global economy, weaker and import based economies are destined to feel the hardest pinch of it. The job of a Finance Minister for a government locked… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Sierra Leone: KKY Demands Cut On MDAs' Excess Spending
Leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC), Hon. Kandeh Kolley Yumkella, has urged his colleagues to critically look at Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDANs) budget… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Sierra Leone: Ponder My Thoughts - Opposition APC in Disarray: Sierra Leone's New Normal?
Many may be excused for wondering whether the main opposition APC party will amicably settle its current imbroglio in time to field a potent Presidential candidate to contest in… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Sierra Leone: NaCCED Trains Teachers On Civic Education
National Council for Civic Education and Development (NaCCED) in collaboration with Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education (MBSSE), Teaching Service Commission… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Sierra Leone: APC-ITGC Appoints 24-Man Committee to Run Lower Level Elections
Hon. Abdul Kargbo, Secretary and Head of Secretariat of the Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) of the All Peoples Congress Party (APC) has in a press release,… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Sierra Leone: Scoreboard Is Not the Only Feature MCC Board Considers - MCC Director
Dan Barnes, Managing Director for Selection, Eligibility and Policy Performance at the Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) has disclosed to newsmen that the scoreboard is an… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Sierra Leone: Ipam Su Election - Alleged Administrative Interference Worries Candidate
After securing 62.25% while the other candidates manage to pull 22.65%, 0.67%, 0% and 14.18% respectively as per election status report, Ishmail Fofanah has called on the Chief… Read more »