The Sierra Leone Telegraph

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: This week, Freetown Mayor and C40 Cities Global Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, championed the vital role of cities in delivering climate solutions at the London Climate Action Week 2026. Key engagements included a closed-door roundtable with the United Nations Secretary-General António [Read More]

Freetown Mayor advances global south climate leadership at London Climate Action Week

Ugandan solar energy pioneer named 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda has been announced as the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London on 25 June. Government representatives, high commissioners, youth leaders, and other stakeholders attended the award ceremony to celebrate young [Read More]

Experts, stakeholders and policy analysts draw attention to AI’s impact on Africa’s telecoms industry

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Experts and industry stakeholders, including policy analysts, believe that rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly improve service delivery for the telecoms operators in West Africa, just as it is already doing in the developed economy. They all spoke at the fourth edition [Read More]

Africa Finance Corporation receives 13 awards for transactions spanning energy, transport, industry, finance

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s infrastructure solutions provider, received a record 13 industry honours at the recent EMEA Finance Awards, recognising transactions advancing energy security, connectivity, industrialisation and long-term capital mobilisation across Africa. Among the award-winning transactions was AFC’s financing for the Dangote [Read More]

Cameroon develops energy accounts to drive smarter energy, economic and environmental policies

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for Central Africa and the African Centre for Statistics, is providing technical support to Cameroon in the development of energy accounts. In partnership with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cameroon [Read More]

Mosquito is one of the world’s most studied insects. Here’s why

Target Mosquito: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Despite weighing only a few milligrams, mosquitoes have proven that some of the world’s biggest challenges can come in very small packages. This week (22-28 June) is Insect Week, and scientists are answering why mosquitoes are one of the most researched, and [Read More]

From Learning to Earning: Presentation of National Framework for Enhancing Graduates Employability in Libya

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, together with the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Education, Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, the European Union, and Expertise France, officially announced the completion of the National Framework for Enhancing Graduates’ Employability in Libya, establishing a [Read More]

EBID welcomes AfDB as its first institutional shareholder

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) is pleased to announce the entry of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) into its shareholding, marking a major milestone in the Bank’s history and a significant step in the implementation of its transformation agenda. Following [Read More]

Democracy is dead: Funeral arrangements will be announced later

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which”. This excerpt from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was published on 17 August 1945. One [Read More]

Ghana’s President Mahama calls for new phase of global engagement on reparatory justice

June 20, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2026: President John Dramani Mahama has called for a new phase of global engagement on reparatory justice, urging the international community to move beyond acknowledgment of historical injustices towards meaningful action, truth-telling, and reconciliation. Speaking at the opening of the Next Steps High-Level Consultative Conference [Read More]

The curtain falls for Minkailu Mansaray but his spirit endures

June 20, 2026 0

Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2026: Some deaths announce themselves not merely as the passing of a person, but as the falling of a curtain on an era. The death of Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray feels like such a moment. Across the APC family there is mourning. [Read More]

Aminata’s fuel future: Sierra Leone’s energy test – Op ed

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: A country’s economic progress is often determined by the strength of the infrastructure that supports its ambitions. Behind every growing economy are systems that ensure businesses can operate, industries can expand and citizens can access essential services without unnecessary disruption. In [Read More]

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Africa and African Energy Chamber (AEC) sign strategic agreement

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE Africa), marking a significant step toward strengthening technical collaboration, knowledge transfer and innovation across Africa’s energy industry. The agreement formalizes a strategic partnership between [Read More]

Global leaders announce $6.4 Billion for ocean action at first African Our Ocean Conference

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: Over 100 governments, businesses and civil society organizations announced 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion to advance ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries, climate resilience and the blue economy at the 2026 Our Ocean Conference, which concluded today in Mombasa, Kenya. The conference marked a [Read More]

Sierra Leone blocks Aminata fuel deal saving $33 Million in taxes

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: A controversial proposed agreement that would have handed sweeping tax concessions to the biggest importer of oil to Sierra Leone, Aminata & Sons Limited, has been derailed by lawmakers following an outcry over its fiscal impact. The decision blocks a move that MPs warned [Read More]

Chairman of Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress Party – Minkailu Mansaray has died

June 15, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 June 2026: Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party’s National Chairman – Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray, has passed away in Pôle Santé de Dakar Clinique Mixte in Dakar, Senegal after a long illness. Alhaji Foday Yansanneh has been serving as Acting Chairman, during Minkailu’s long stay in London [Read More]

Wife of Sierra Leone’s President Bio in the dock: Hands off our girls – hands off our London council housing

June 11, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 June 2026: This has been a troubled week for Mrs Fatima Bio, the wife of Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, desperately defending her position on female circumcision, following a bruising interview with the BBC the previous week, answering questions about her relationship with Europe’s most [Read More]

The architecture of an alibi – Op ed

Mohammed Kroma Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2026: Sierra Leone’s former Chief Minister and Foreign Minister – Professor David Francis, has written a book. It is titled Governing a Poor Country. Do not be fooled by the academic polish. This is not a study. It is a defence. Francis [Read More]

President Bio’s complicity in global cocaine trafficking – Malik Azmani MEP calls for economic sanctions against Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2026: Beyond the sad fact that President Julius Maada Bio and his SLPP government have brought shame and suffering to the poor people of Sierra Leone who are ranked one of the poorest in the world, in a country that has no business being poor [Read More]

Nigeria’s economic future depends on capital inflows, innovation, and productive enterprise

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 June 2026: Nigeria’s vice president Senator Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria’s ambition of building a one-trillion-dollar economy is driven by enterprise, investment, and coordinated reforms across all levels of government. He particularly identified Lagos State as the clearest demonstration of how subnational leadership can accelerate national [Read More]

Dr Donkor named recipient of prestigious distinguished African Development Finance Leadership Award

Sierra Leone Telegraph:10 June 2026: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has announced that its President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has been named as the recipient of the Distinguished African Development Finance Leadership Award – Regional Integration & Economic Transformation at [Read More]

EBID welcomes AfDB as its first institutional shareholder

Democracy is dead: Funeral arrangements will be announced later