The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2026: Africa’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are increasingly being positioned as active financiers of the continent’s mining sector and a vital tool for unlocking its over $8.5 trillion in untapped mineral resources. With combined assets now exceeding $164 billion, SWFs are emerging as a potential [Read More]

Readiness for whom? Lungi’s hajj preparations cannot mask last week’s immigration collapse

Mohamed Kroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2026: On 8 May 2026, the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA), in collaboration with the Presidential Hajj Task Force, convened a strategic coordination meeting at Freetown International Airport, Lungi, to strengthen preparedness for the 2026 Hajj operations. Sierra Leonean pilgrims are expected [Read More]

Journalism is dead – funeral arrangements will be announced later – Op ed

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2026: In May 1789, Louis XVI summoned to Versailles a full meeting of the “Estates General” attended by the First Estate – consisted of three hundred Nobles, the Second Estate – three hundred Clergy, and the Third Estate – six hundred Commoners. Some [Read More]

Drugs kingpin Bolle Jos linked to record cocaine seizure at sea

Dutch NEWS: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 5, 2026 Dutch drugs baron “Bolle Jos” is suspected of being behind a record shipment of more than 40 tonnes of cocaine that was intercepted by Spanish police off the coast of Africa, according Dutch News. Members of the Guardia Civil boarded the [Read More]

ECOWAS parliament receives report on community work programme

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2026: The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY, has presented the Status of implementation of the ECOWAS Community Work Programme to the 2026 First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. Delivering what will be his final presentation to Parliament [Read More]

New report questions Africa’s oil and gas promise

David Akana / Mongabay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2026: Fossil fuels have enriched a wealthy few, undermined economic development and left African economies exposed to external shocks, a new report published May 8 in Nairobi, Kenya, argues. Examining 13 oil- and gas-producing African nations, the report concludes that decades of extraction [Read More]

InvestHK promotes Hong Kong as strategic gateway for African enterprises to expand in Asia

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2026: Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is set to broaden its strategic engagement with the African continent as Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion Ms Loretta Lee today (May 10) embarks on an eight-day visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Kigali, Rwanda. The mission aims to strengthen [Read More]

Sixty five years of Sierra Leone’s independence – who benefitted?

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Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2026: I wasn’t born in the 60s but sometimes I wish I was, if only to understand more closely the hopes that accompanied our independence. But even from where I stand, one thing is clear: for 65 years, the system has worked remarkably [Read More]

UN and government of Sierra Leone track progress in delivering Sierra Leone’s Development Plan

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2026: The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2025–2030) sets out how the UN Country Team, comprising 18 resident and non‑resident agencies, funds and programmes, supports Sierra Leone’s development aspirations. Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, the framework mirrors the country’s Medium‑Term National Development Plan [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s National Security and Intelligence Act 2026: A shadow government dressed as a war cabinet

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2026: When the government slipped the National Security and Intelligence Act 2026 through the cracks, they told us it was to safeguard Sierra Leone’s internal and external security. The Act created a “War Cabinet.” (Part II Section 4(2)(e)) Seated at this table [Read More]

Our view on the record cocaine seizure linked to Sierra Leone

Bai Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: On behalf of the West West District of the council APC affiliate groups, we are appalled but not surprised by the international report of a record cocaine seizure linked to a vessel from Sierra Leone. This is the direct consequence of over 8 years of [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s female parliamentary caucus intensifies advocacy for gender inclusion in constitutional review process

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2026: The Sierra Leone Parliamentary Female Caucus has intensified national advocacy for gender inclusion and women’s rights within the ongoing constitutional review process through a two-day engagement held on Thursday, 7th May 2026, at Committee Room One, Parliament Building in Freetown. The engagement, co-funded by [Read More]

Zimbabwe’s Angel of Hope graduates return home skilled, sober, ready to rebuild – Lesson for Sierra Leone

Blessings Chidakwa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2026: The Angel of Hope Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, was a picture of raw emotion and renewed purpose as beneficiaries returned from vocational training to a hero’s welcome led by the centre’s patron, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, and their loved [Read More]

Executive action under President Tinubu reversed a decade of upstream decline

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 May 2026: Nigeria has gone from capturing 4% of Africa’s upstream final investment decisions (FIDs) to commanding 40% in two years, according to Nigeria’s Energy Sector Reforms 2023-2026: A Three-Year Review, published by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy and spearheaded [Read More]

African Mining Week 2026 to spotlight domestic funding avenues as Sovereign Wealth Funds hit $164 Billion

Readiness for whom? Lungi’s hajj preparations cannot mask last week’s immigration collapse