President Tejan Kabbah has in a nationwide address threatened that he will impose a state of emergency if the spate of unrest does not cease. The President recalled his address to the nation last week in which he admonished Sierra Leoneans to “refrain from violence” He also reiterated that as President he was not going[...]

As running battles ensued between the ruling Sierra Leone’s Party (SLPP) and the All People’s Congress (APC) yesterday in the township of Kono, police have to impose a curfew to quell down the situation. According to our Kono correspondent, the police high command had to impose the curfew so as to save lives and property[...]

Police spokesman, assistant inspector general of police in charge of professional standards, Chris Charlie has said the Sierra Leone Police shall use force if they are pushed to the wall. Explaining to Awoko yesterday at police headquarters about the PZ fracas  on Sunday, involving supporters of the APC and SLPP, the AIG said they were[...]

Supporters of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the All People’s Congress (APC) clashed in Lunsar, northern Sierra Leone, few days after the official declaration of campaigning for the September 8 presidential run-off. The five hours rumpus, which occurred last Sunday, brought panic in Lunsar and grounded every aspect of commercial activity and left[...]

As the August 11 polls left the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) with ten parliamentary seats, the party’s leader Charles Margai has said they are bracing up for the 2008 local council elections. Mr Margai explained that, “we have learnt from the mistakes of the past, to ensure victory in the local government elections[...]

The German Technical Cooperation and Food Security (GTZ/FSR), in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone, has concluded support to Ward Committees’ efforts in its operational areas in both Kono and Kailahun districts. Speaking to Awoko at his 36 Hangha Road office in Kenema, GTZ/FSR’s programme officer Rex Mohamed Kenneh said each ward development committee[...]

The U.S. ambassador, Thomas N. Hull, last Friday signed agreements with five Sierra Leonean organizations that were selected to receive the 2007 Democracy and Human Rights programme funding totaling 75,000 U.S. dollars or 225 million Leones.  The Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF), which is provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is[...]

Aiah Bona, 38, a serving personnel of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) was yesterday arraigned at the Freetown Magistrate Court No 3 on a one-count charge of attempting to incite another to commit a felony. The charge sheet stated that on Monday 13th August 2007 in the Freetown Western Area, being a serving[...]

Declaring his support for the All People’s Congress (APC), the leader of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), Charles Francis Margai, has praised Ernest Bai Koroma as a man of “sincerity, dedication, commitment and above all integrity which I cannot attribute to Mr Solomon Berewa.” Making his statement at their party’s headquarters in Freetown[...]

“The People of Sierra Leone voted and clearly stated their will. Through their conduct and their actions 1,984,106 men and women in this country made a commitment to peace and a violence free elections process. They voted calmly, they chose their leaders.” These were the words of Chief Electoral Commissioner Dr Christiana Thorpe as she[...]