The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2025: After much uncertainty about the peace accord signed by the ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC in Sierra Leone, after the controversial June 2023 general and presidential elections, which ushered in a Tripartite agreement aimed at the implementation of recommendations of a Report [Read More]

The pillage of the DRC’s rare mineral resources

March 2, 2025 1

Dr Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2025: Many of the world’s rare minerals are in the DRC. Western companies are heavily involved in mining them. They prefer a weak government in Kinshasa that they already control to an unstable environment that threatens their investments and access to the [Read More]

EBID and EIB supports climate action and environmental sustainability projects in ECOWAS region

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2025: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), the European Investment Bank (EIB), with the support of the European Union (EU), today announce a €100 million financial partnership to support climate action and environmental sustainability projects in the ECOWAS region. A project with a [Read More]

Afreximbank and Kenyan government ink milestone agreements to promote industralisation

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2025: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost trade development Bank, last week in Mombasa, Kenya, ratified a series of initiatives designed to support Kenya’s industrialisation and export-led development agenda. Under the terms of the initiatives, formalised at a signing ceremony with the Kenyan authorities, Afreximbank [Read More]

Implementation of Sierra Leone’s political peace accord on slow track

The pillage of the DRC’s rare mineral resources

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EBID and EIB supports climate action and environmental sustainability projects in ECOWAS region

Afreximbank and Kenyan government ink milestone agreements to promote industralisation

UN, governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone promote cross-border peacebuilding in Gola Forest

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2025: Last Friday, the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the UN representations in both countries, officially launched the GOLA-REAP (Resilience, Empowerment, Access, and Peacebuilding) project at Bo Waterside, Liberia. The event brought together government officials, representatives of the UN in Liberia [Read More]

Now we have a clear picture of the back room

March 2, 2025 1

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2025: For decades, Africa has been subjected to a pattern of coercion disguised as diplomacy. It is a cycle that repeats itself with every new U.S. administration, regardless of whether the president is a Democrat or a Republican. The recent events at [Read More]

Drug baron ‘Bolle’ Jos who is hiding in Sierra Leone is slammed another sentence in absentia

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: According to report by The Brussels Times, the notorious Dutch drug criminal ‘Bolle’ Jos Leijdekkers (Dutch for ‘tubby Jos’) who according to Dutch police is the most wanted person in the Netherlands, was last week sentenced to another prison term of 13 years in [Read More]

Ethnic politics and chieftaincy struggle in Sierra Leone – A threat to national unity

Alusine Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: Ethnic politics and traditional chieftaincy struggles have long shaped the socio-political landscape of Sierra Leone. The ongoing crisis in Gorama Mende Chiefdom is a striking example of how deeply entrenched political allegiances and tribal affiliations can fuel conflicts, threatening national cohesion. At [Read More]

Scottish surgeon who spends her holidays transforming lives on a hospital ship in Sierra Leone

Andy Morton ( for Press and Journal): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: Few people are as caring and compassionate as Manjit Dhillon, a facial reconstruction surgeon who gives up her holidays to volunteer on a hospital ship in Africa. But if you called her a hero, she’d likely shake [Read More]

African Leaders unite to mobilize African investment and financing for Agenda 2063

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: On the sidelines of the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Heads of State, Government and Business Leaders convened for a Presidential Breakfast Dialogue to address the continent’s financing and investment gaps. The event [Read More]

EIB backs Africa Finance Corporation $750 Million Climate Resilient Infrastructure Fund

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to join Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in financing a $750 million Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF). This landmark initiative will accelerate climate adaptation and sustainable infrastructure across Africa. As part of this commitment, the EIB today confirmed [Read More]

Sierra Leone – cocaine cartels and the rise of state capture

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Abdoul Mahdieu Savage: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2025: Sierra Leone has come under renewed scrutiny as a key transit hub for international drug trafficking. A damning report by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs underscores the extent of the crisis, stating that [Read More]

The rise, ruin, and reckoning of a nation – through a kaleidoscope of changing colours

February 21, 2025 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2025: An article titled “Sierra Leone- the rise, the ruin, and the reckoning of a nation” (the 3 Rs), written by Oumar Farouk Sesay, a seasoned wordsmith and Sierra Leone’s very own Wole Soyinka (it’s not an exaggeration) is known for his pioneering [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s $300 million power crisis and the unending darkness

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Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2025: Sierra Leoneans have been subjected to unprecedented hardship due to massive and prolonged power outages across Freetown and other parts of the country. Despite promises of stable electricity supply, the government’s reliance on costly emergency power deals – such as the [Read More]

Sierra Leoneans will not forgive or forget those responsible for transforming the country into a narcotic state

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Abdulai Mansaray: Siera Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2025: Sierra Leone has a rich history, from slavery and the slave trade as one of the worst indelible marks on the conscience of mankind, to Sierra Leone emerging as a nation of “firsts”. The country once enjoyed a glorious history as the [Read More]

African leaders call for the new AU leadership to build on education progress

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2025: Fifteen African countries have committed to end learning poverty by 2035 following concerted engagement during the Year of Education, as leaders call for sustained and co-ordinated action to improve continental productivity, drive economic growth, and address Africa’s learning crisis. Following the conclusion of the [Read More]

African city leaders unite in Nairobi to drive green and resilient urban future

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2025: More than 250 African city leaders – including mayors, city officials, national policymakers, investors, and business leaders – will gather in Nairobi today for the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), hosted by C40 Cities (Photo above: [Read More]

Nine million vaccine doses administered to children in the Horn of Africa

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2025: The Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings (REACH) consortium has officially administered 9 million vaccine doses to children in humanitarian and conflict-affected regions across the Horn of Africa. REACH is funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and led by the International Rescue Committee [Read More]

New AfDB report highlights Africa’s strengthening economic growth amid global challenges

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2025: Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report released by the African Development Bank on Friday. The report, unveiled on the sidelines of the 38th Ordinary Session of [Read More]

Why a global tech fund for the poorest countries is a smart investment

February 16, 2025 0

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2025: The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development could catalyse coordinated action to close the financing gap and set the stage for a STI-driven transformation in the world’s poorest countries. (Photo above: Deodat Maharaj). The stark reality is that just over 250 [Read More]

President Bio’s leadership – The art of political bullying – Op ed

February 16, 2025 0

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2025: Leadership is a sacred trust, a duty to serve, and a commitment to uplift the people who entrust their fate to a government. But in Sierra Leone, leadership has become something else, a weapon of coercion, a means of suppression, and [Read More]

Ethnic politics and chieftaincy struggle in Sierra Leone – A threat to national unity

Scottish surgeon who spends her holidays transforming lives on a hospital ship in Sierra Leone