PPRC raps election stakeholders today

PPRC Registrar, Ibrahim John

PPRC Registrar, Ibrahim John

In collaboration with the United Nation Peace Building Office (UNIPSIL) the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) will today kick start a two day stakeholders’ conference at the Bintumani Hotel, at Aberdeen in Freetown.

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Christiana Thorpe and the 2012 elections

John Baimba Sesay

By John Pa Baimba Sesay

The debate on the Aljazeera documentary should not be allowed to divert the attention of this Government from its determination to ensure that the 2012 elections are won. I have made my position clear that inasmuch as it was good they (Aljazeera) tried to help in the fight against [...]

SLPP all set to win 2012

The winning team

By Bampia J. Bundu

The winning team

The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Mr. John Opnjo Benjamin has stated that they are now set to win the 2012 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Councils Elections in the country.

He made this statement while welcoming the Presidential Candidate, retired brigadier General Julius Maada [...]

Charles Margai loses round one to PMDC ‘rebels’

Charles Margai

By Theo Nicol.

 

Charles Margai

 

Last Friday, the 18th of November, was a good day for the so called rebel faction within the People’s Movement for Democratic Change party (PMDC) as the group won round one of their high court battle with the PMDC leader, Charles Margai.

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Youths dialogue for 2012 elections

Cross section of youth attending the Dialogue Forum

By Maddieu A. A. T. Kabbah

Cross section of youth attending the Dialogue Forum

Sixty youths from the Lumley community have engaged in a dialogue to address the issue of violence ahead of the 2012 General Elections at a forum organized by the Movement for Youths and Children’s Rights in Sierra Leone at Lumley [...]

As 2012 draws near…..

2012

Outlook With Michealla Fofana

As 2012 draws near with so much to do and prepare for, it is but wise for us to plan and prepare well in advance.

Talking about 2012, the first thing that comes to mind is the election process, and to make things more interesting the day for the elections [...]

NEC Explains Biometric Registration System

Commissioner, Miata French

By Bampia Bundu

Commissioner Miata French

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has engaged civil society organizations, journalists and political parties in a one-day intensive sensitization forum on the newly introduced Biometric Registration System for the 2012 presidential and parliamentary election.

The forum was organized by the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES-SL) in collaboration [...]

NEC Concludes Civic Education Programme

voting

The Institute of Electoral Administration and Civic Education in Sierra Leone (INEACE) has dispatched the fifth batch of participants with a certification ceremony held at the Eastern Polytechnic Ahmed Tejan Kabba Hall in Kenema.

The District Coordinator, Abu Bakarr Javombo who is also the chairman of the ceremony, said Sierra Leone is the third [...]