The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and TradeMark Africa (TMA) (www.TradeMarkAfrica.com) today inked a strategic collaboration geared towards improving trade facilitation, opening transportation corridors, and promoting economic integration within West Africa. The collaborative agreement aims to enhance the use of digital technologies [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: Experts attending an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) High-level dialogue in Kenya have urged African nations to intensify efforts to attract private-sector financing to enhance tertiary education and equip the continent’s youth with competitive skills. During a panel discussion at the Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings [Read More]

Elongima Sandy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2024: When the American ambassador said on national television recently that the people of Sierra Leone should not be expecting a rerun of the 2023 elections because nothing in the Peace Agreement calls for it,  and that in fact, there is no money [Read More]

Sylvanus Fornah Koroma (What A Man!): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2024: It is now blazingly clear that the adamant and deliberate refusal by the National Returning Officer, Mr. Mohamed Konneh, and the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to publish and gazette the June 2023 multi-tier election results is [Read More]

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2024: President Maada Bio chose the wrong time to threaten Sierra Leoneans with bullets and if you ever find yourself endorsing his perilous gambit, you must see a doctor – your mind is shrinking like your hero and, like him, you need to [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh –  The Fox: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2024: President Julius Maada Bio recently convened a cabinet retreat in the City of Bo, a significant move aimed at addressing the multifaceted challenges facing Sierra Leone. Many Sierra Leoneans, including myself, awaited this retreat with cautious optimism, hoping [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2024: Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, appears to have missed a critical opportunity to make amends and salvage his political dreams. His recent actions, supported by President Julius Maada Bio, have painted a picture of overreach and arrogance that [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2024: President Bio yesterday addressed ministers, deputies, permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants at the opening of a two-day ministerial retreat in Bo, where he urged his cabinet to try to correct and recalibrate their actions for the national agenda. He described the retreat [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2024: Last Saturday 18th May marked the conclusion of six days of Freetown City Council’s (FCC) community engagement with 4,800 residents across 48 communities. Commenting on the process and outcome, Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr said: “I was pleased to join the FCC facilitators [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh – The Fox: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2024: In the ongoing drama that is Sierra Leonean politics, Francis Ben Kaifala, the country’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner, has emerged not as a hero but a villain. The ACC – a watchdog of integrity and honesty has, ironically has become [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2024: The United States and Sierra Leone along with neighboring countries and NATO allies successfully completed a joint exercise, Obangame Express 2024. Obangame Express has become an important part of strengthening partnership throughout the region, and this is the eighth year Sierra Leone has actively [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2024: In the complicated landscape of Sierra Leonean politics, the controversial second term of President Julius Maada Bio has been marked by a significant shift in the composition of his cabinet. In a bid to court the youth demographic, President Bio opted [Read More]

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2024: This writer has learnt from a very reliable source within the government that there is desperation to remove the suspended Auditor General, Mrs. Lara Taylor Pearce by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Paopa Government. If this illegal action is taken against [Read More]