The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Education Above All Foundation and Silatech call for children and youth empowerment

September 26, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 September 2023: Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, a leading global education foundation, and Silatech, an international development organisation, hosted four major side events to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The events [Read More]

Africanist Press defends its sterling nonpartisan record

September 26, 2023 0

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 September 2023: The following article – “Abdul Fatoma versus parliament of Sierra Leone – the death of civil liberty in Sierra Leone” was published on 13 February 2017 by Africanist Press and republished by Sierra Leone Telegraph. We republish this article today [Read More]

Maada Bio is digging his own grave

September 26, 2023 0

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 September 2023: Maada Bio is digging his own grave. He is behaving like the reckless bug that will soon weave its way into a palm oil bottle from which he will not be able to squeeze his way out. Maada Bio is forgetting that [Read More]

US heartened by current efforts of Sierra Leone’s political leaders to enter mediated dialogue – says Ambassador Hunt

September 25, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2023: As the people of Sierra Leone continue to pin their hopes on the outcome of political dialogue between President Bio’s ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC, over allegations of massive vote rigging at the June 24 elections which saw President Bio declared winner, [Read More]

Education Above All Foundation and Silatech call for children and youth empowerment

September 26, 2023 0

Africanist Press defends its sterling nonpartisan record

September 26, 2023 0

Maada Bio is digging his own grave

September 26, 2023 0

US heartened by current efforts of Sierra Leone’s political leaders to enter mediated dialogue – says Ambassador Hunt

September 25, 2023 0

Sierra Leone’s call for electoral justice: – The crucial role of the Commonwealth

September 25, 2023 0

Umaru S. Jah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2023: In recent months, Sierra Leone has grappled with a worrisome challenge threatening its democratic integrity: allegations of election irregularities and a troubling lack of transparency in result tabulation. These claims have reverberated within the nation and raised concerns among international election [Read More]

Golley’s multi-million dollar agricultural investment to boost food production in Sierra Leone

September 21, 2023 2

Samuel Serry Jr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2023: Sierra Leone is set to witness what could potentially become the biggest and most modern agricultural investment ever from the private sector. The Golley Agricultural Development Sierra Leone Limited, founded by former Ambassador to South Korea, Omrie Golley is set to [Read More]

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s Freetown the Tree Town shortlisted for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize

September 21, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2023: Prince William and The Earthshot Prize have announced the 15 Finalists for this year’s Prize at the second Earthshot Innovation Summit, an event hosted in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and held alongside the UN General Assembly to celebrate and champion innovators focused on solving [Read More]

President Bio criticises America’s stance on June 24 election amid global protests

September 21, 2023 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2023: As protests continue in Europe and the US against president Bio’s presidency, after he was controversially declared winner of what election observers and the international community say was a seriously flawed election process, President Bio has once again repeated his verbal attack on the [Read More]

IOE and Seedstars announce Fourth Migration Challenge

September 18, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2023 The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and Seedstars have launched the fourth edition of The Migration Challenge. The program is looking for global tech startups, particularly those near Europe – Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe – with a mission [Read More]

Sierra Leoneans staging mass demonstration against President Bio at the UN

September 18, 2023 1

Kabs Kanu & Abdul Karim Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 September 2023: Sierra Leoneans from different parts of the continental USA have started converging on New York City in readiness for another massive demonstration against President Maada Bio, on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday September 20, [Read More]

President Bio speaks at the American University as calls grow for investigation into killing of unarmed protesters

September 17, 2023 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 September 2023 President Julius Maada Bio on Friday delivered a public lecture at the American University, USA about his flagship human capital development programme which he says will build a prosperous and secured future for Sierra Leone. Speaking mainly to his ruling SLPP party supporters in [Read More]

Say what you will, the protests in Sierra Leone are harming commerce, investments and the economy

September 13, 2023 7

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: Whether massive, widespread or contained, the frequent shutdowns and protests in Sierra Leone are harming the economy and should stop being played down by ruling party bloggers and sycophants. A country that should have a strong economy and progress should be stable [Read More]

U.S. Military Advisors train with RSLAF on development in Sierra Leone

September 13, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: On September 12, 2023, new U.S. Ambassador Bryan Hunt congratulated the 40 hand-selected Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) soldiers for completing their training with the United States Army Security Force Assistance Brigade. The RSLAF officers, ranging in rank from Private to Warrant [Read More]

How we make award-winning music videos in Africa

September 13, 2023 0

Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: Renowned Nigerian music video producer, Justin Edet narrates (Photo): Making music videos is an exciting and creative process. In Nigeria, music videos have gained popularity for their incorporation of organic instruments and unique sound. When an artist approaches us with their music, [Read More]

Kiswahili at the center of digital advancement, Artificial Intelligence

September 13, 2023 0

Bernard Oginga: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: The World Kiswahili Language Day is being celebrated for the second time after what enthusiasts termed as a successful first commemoration in 2022. The theme for this year “Unleashing Kiswahili’s Potential in the Digital Era” couldn’t have come at a more opportune [Read More]

Nigeria to expand education access through a student loan scheme

September 13, 2023 0

Leon Usigbe: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: Wisdom Ajah, an 18-year-old senior secondary school graduate living in Karshi, a satellite town in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, dreams of a university education that will secure him a good job after graduation and help support his family. But it is [Read More]

UN in Mali: We respect government’s decision for mission withdrawal

September 13, 2023 0

Franck Kuwonu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: The Security Council on 30 June unanimously approved the complete withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces in Mali in the next six months. Ahead of the decision, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Mr. El-Ghassim Wane spoke [Read More]

Women shatter gender barriers in Uganda’s fish farming industry

September 13, 2023 0

Pearl Amina Karungi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2023: In a groundbreaking turn of events, women in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda, have defied societal norms and broken into the traditionally male-dominated fish farming industry. Through the Women Economic Empowerment Programme launched by UN Women, these women have not only mastered [Read More]

Electricity power cuts hit Freetown as government runs out of cash to pay Turkish company

September 10, 2023 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2023: Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, is in darkness due to power cuts, as Turkey’s Karpowership discontinued its power supply to the country, due to an unpaid debt of about $40 million, Kanja Sesay – the country’s energy minister said last Friday. Kanja Sesay [Read More]

APC leadership and SLPP government commence dialogue to end political crisis

September 10, 2023 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2023: Following a meeting between the leadership of Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party and representatives of the Commonwealth Secretariat and ECOWAS in Freetown three days ago, where they discussed the modalities for the start of political dialogue to end the post-elections crisis that is [Read More]

We need to water the perishingly shrivelling tree of national unity – Op ed

September 10, 2023 0

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2023: Today mocks yesterday without appreciating the fact that tomorrow, it will also become the same yesterday. None of the actors in our crisis-ridden political environment is solely responsible for our present national problems. It is a combination of the ordinary Sierra [Read More]