Education and Health

Global education progress masks deepening gaps in sub-Saharan Africa, says UNESCO 2026 Global Monitoring Education Report

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2026: Over the past 25 years, participation in early childhood education (Pre-primary schooling) has increased worldwide. The fastest progress occurred in the three regions and subregions that had the lowest starting levels: Northern Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Western Asia. Each of them grew by 1.1 [Read More]

Economy & Business

ECOWAS Commission President meets with the African Union Commission’s Commissioner for Infrastructure

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2026: The visit paid on Wednesday 18 March 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria, by the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation of the African Union Commission, Ms Lerato Mataboge, to the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone Politics – Is a gentleman’s agreement with a government legally binding? – Op ed

Mira Dumbuya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2026: I have read and heard several views about the Tripartite Agreement not being legally binding, with some even describing it as “A Gentleman’s Agreement.”  That description alone raises an important question: What does it really mean when a government enters into a gentleman’s [Read More]

Education and Health

Coalition of ministers, educators, developers, and researchers unites to end fragmentation and deliver the AUDA-NEPAD EdTech Vision 2030 for 200 million African learners

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2026: Mwanga wa Elimu has announced the 12 leaders who make up its founding cohort of Luminaries. Drawn from the African continent, the group comprises government ministries, regional education bodies, technology developers, research organisations, and educators. Together, they form the founding coalition of the movement [Read More]