The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: The language of obedience can turn unlawful power into routine administration. The obstruction of the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s annual meeting by the police, offers a revealing contemporary example. Corruption in Sierra Leone is often discussed in terms of theft, bribery, [Read More]

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendment Bill will soon be voted on by parliamentarians. As I have previously written, the significance of this vote cannot be overstated. In my opinion, the two most important clauses in the Bill are in respect of the [Read More]

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: Mr. President, while Zainab Sheriff remains behind prison walls, her infant daughter is growing through life’s earliest months without her mother’s presence, comfort, and care. Zainab was arrested on 20 February 2026 and, on 14 April 2026, sentenced by Pademba Road [Read More]

Claudius Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: The legal profession is meant to be the guardian of the rule of law. So, when the Sierra Leone Bar Association, the SLBA, postponed its own elections, the moment became about more than just dates on a calendar. It became a test [Read More]

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 July 2026: Sierra Leone is always ready to amend the Constitution. What we have never devised is a parliamentary procedure or national agenda for amending the conscience of those entrusted with upholding it. That may be the wound no Constitution can heal. We [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: I have been following the debate in Parliament with great interest. Like many Sierra Leoneans, I spent almost the entire day on Tuesday and well into 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday listening to Members of Parliament debate the proposed amendments to our [Read More]

American Bar Association: Sierra Leone Telegraph : 30 July 2026 : The American Bar Association (ABA) strongly condemns personal attacks on judges by government officials and calls on all public officials, lawyers and citizens to reject rhetoric that targets judges or seeks to delegitimize the judiciary because of disagreement with [Read More]

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendments Bill will be voted on by parliamentarians today. The significance of this vote cannot be overstated. In my opinion, the two most important clauses in the Bill are in respect of the electoral system and the threshold [Read More]

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: A constitution is more than a collection of rules. It is a covenant between the state and its citizens—a restraint on power, a guarantee of political equality, and a framework for resolving national disagreements without violence. That is why the Constitution [Read More]

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Honourable Members of Parliament of Sierra Leone, history remembers leaders who chose principle over expediency and the national good over political interest. The vote on the Constitutional Amendment Bill is one such moment. I appeal to you, not as partisans, [Read More]