The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2025: We’re at a crucial point again. The opposition APC is getting ready to choose its next leader and everyone’s watching. Speeches are being made. Promises are flying around. Money is being spent. But beyond the noise, it’s time we really think about [Read More]

Alhaji Imam Alusine Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2025: When parts of Sierra Leone face growing insecurity and the displacement of its people by a neighbouring nation, one would expect the nation’s most senior officials to be focused, sensitive, and proactive. But instead, the country is subjected to a [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2025: I have written a few opinions on Yenga. But in January 2021, I wrote about why diplomacy should remain one of Sierra Leone’s most viable paths to reclaiming Yenga. While I still hold that view, recent developments compel me to suggest [Read More]

Dr Ibrahim Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: I am deeply concerned by the recent developments in Yenga, a territory that continues to be under the control of Guinean security forces despite repeated commitments to a peaceful resolution. (Photo above: Dr Ibrahim Bangura – Presidential Aspirant of Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary celebrations were punctuated by President Julius Maada Bio’s address, a speech brimming with optimism about national resilience, economic recovery, and social progress. However, a meticulous examination of his claims against constitutional mandates, manifesto pledges, and international [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: In Sierra Leone today, our dreams have wings, but they are broken. Our hopes are boarded onto a bus driven recklessly by a man who seems more obsessed with the sound of the engine than the direction it’s heading. President Julius [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2025: It was 64 years last Sunday when Sierra Leone gained its independence from its colonial master, Great Britain. It marked the end of an era and the dawn of another. Independence meant that Sierra Leoneans took over the reins for self–rule, self–determination, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2025: Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on Monday April 28, 2025, called for people-centered leadership while delivering the opening reflections at the Salone Day National Symposium, marking Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary. The event, organized by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, was attended [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: Many Africans across the continent are uncertain about President Trump’s Africa policy – what it is, and how it will impact the lives of hundreds of millions. This uncertainty became even more worrying after President Trump’s recent offer of military assistance to the government [Read More]