The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2024: President Bio has taken over full responsibility for and control of the overall management and supervision of Sierra Leone’s electricity sector, after sacking the incumbent minister of energy Kanja Sesay last week. Kanja Sesay’s downfall came following the death of a toddler at the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 April 2024: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, has challenged African youth to raise their voice in shaping the future development of the continent ahead of the Summit of the Future. Opening the African Youth Consultative Forum on the UN Summit for [Read More]

Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2024: As the world turns its gaze toward Sierra Leone on its 63rd Independence Day, the nation finds itself at a crossroads of reflection and despair. For six decades and three years, this West African nation has trudged through a quagmire of [Read More]

Bob Massally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2024: The optics of a thousand Kilo elephant in a well-lit room most Pan-Africanist are opaque to or is obscured by rose-tinted glasses or tight-fitting blinkers is the inept and failed leadership in Africa not only by Presidents but by the elite and [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh – The Fox: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2024: As Sierra Leoneans, today we commemorate another Independence Day, but one question looms heavy: why should we celebrate a nationhood that has failed to deliver on its promises? For far too long, our people have endured the bitter [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 April 2024: Dr Kanja Sesay, Sierra Leone’s energy minister has this afternoon tendered his resignation, after failing to address the country’s perennial electricity blackouts that have in the last few months sent the entire capital Freetown into darkness, not only putting lives at risk but has [Read More]

Magnus Cole: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2024: In early April, social media in Sierra Leone went agog over the surprising appearance of President Julius Maada Bio in a Maybach Mercedes car. Bio was at this year’s annual alumni celebration of the foundation Day of the Bo Government Secondary School [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2024: Following the death of a child at the Freetown Maternity hospital – PCMH on Tuesday, and mounting criticism of government’s indifference in the face of acute electricity outage across the country, the ministry of health yesterday published a statement, promising to put measures in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2024: Dr. Jeredine George, a specialist Obstetrician Gynaecologist at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) commonly called Cottage reported on social media this week that a newborn baby has died at the hospital because of lack of electricity. Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2024: According to the US State Departrment’s 2023 Report, “There were credible reports the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings. On June 25 (the day after the June 24 elections), at the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party headquarters in Freetown, police [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 April 2024: In the heart of Sierra Leone, a nation once praised for its resilience and courage in the face of adversity, a dark cloud looms ominously. Extra-judicial killings have become a chilling norm, casting a shadow over the aspirations of a people [Read More]

FCC Comms: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 April 2024: The rains have come early and jumped ahead of our flood mitigation plans. FCC flood mitigation activities started at Juba Bridge on 3rd April. After about five days we moved onto the canal at Lumley which had also become an illegal dumpsite [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2024: In the heart of Sierra Leone’s bustling streets, amidst the cries of hardship and the flickering lights of businesses struggling to survive eletricity blackout, a singular question echoes louder than ever: Where is the taxpayers’ money? As Sierra Leoneans grapple with [Read More]

Ibrahim Baimba Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 April 2024 On Monday 15 April 2024 the first of four criminal cases against the Republican Candidate for November 2024 US Presidential Election, former President Donald J. Trump commenced. These four criminal cases include: 1. Falsifying hush money records 2. Georgia election interference [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2024: In the murky waters of Sierra Leonean politics, where integrity seems to be a rare commodity and self-interest reigns supreme, one man stands out as a beacon of hope for the nation’s future: Dr. Dennis Bright. Amidst the sea of opportunistic politicians vying for [Read More]