By Kemo Cham A newspaper editor under investigation for "contempt of parliament" has accused the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) of betrayal. Moisa Sallu Keikura, editor of the triweekly Future newspaper, was briefly detained by the police Criminal Investigations Department two weeks ago on the orders, he said, of the country’s parliament which accused him of
By Mabinty M. Kamara The 2019 elections for the Presidency of the Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) has left the association in turmoil. The losing candidate, Mariama Kai Fornah, has petitioned the result that declared her opponent, Femi Jarett Coker as President of the association. Campaign Manager for Fornah’s presidential campaign, Aminata Massaquoi, said her camp
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