The Sierra Leone Telegraph

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]

Sierra Leone’s 2008 wisdom and the cocaine challenge

June 9, 2026 0

Mohammed Kroma Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 June 2026: In 2008, following the unauthorised landing of a plane carrying cocaine at Sierra Leone’s Lungi international airport, the country’s response was a radical strike against impunity: a Certificate of Emergency to enact the National Drugs Control Act. The Act redeemed the [Read More]

Antigua and Barbuda constituency boundaries must be urgently reviewed, says Commonwealth Observer Group final report

June 7, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 June 2026: The Commonwealth Observer Group to the 30 April 2026 general elections in Antigua and Barbuda has released its final report, calling for urgent reform of constituency boundaries while commending the overall peaceful and transparent conduct of the polls. The Group reiterated concerns first raised [Read More]

The day the Sentinel slept: President suspended Auditor General Taylor-Pearce before a tribunal was engaged

June 7, 2026 1

Mohammed Kroma Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 07 June 2026: The removal of Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce on 20 December 2024 was not the conclusion of a lawful accountability process. It was the last act of a three-year constitutional bypass. While the Executive initiated the assault and Parliament sanitized it, the failure [Read More]

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr engages Kush addicts

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2026: As drugs addiction among young people in Sierra Leone continues to destroy lives and impact the economy and the wider society, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr met some of these youth to talk about their lives. “A sad reality is that hundreds of kush [Read More]

The hard truth: Sierra Leone is crying, but who Is listening?

Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2026: Sometimes the truth is bitter but if we refuse to face it, we can never solve it. A recent survey on the economic situation in Sierra Leone paints a very worrying picture. The findings show what ordinary Sierra Leoneans already know from [Read More]

World Bank Group launches Ten-Year Strategy to drive jobs and prosperity in Uganda

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2026: The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors yesterday endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Uganda, a 10-year strategy (2026-2035) designed to accelerate a private sector-led economic transformation and expand opportunities for the country’s rapidly growing population. The CPF, developed in [Read More]

Parliament of Sierra Leone mourns the sudden death of Kono district MP – Lucinda Finda Kelly

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 June 2026: Finda Lucinda Kellie, opposition APC member of parliament representing the people of Kono District, is reported to have passed away yesterday after a short illness. “Finda’s untimely death has left family members and friends devastated. She was known for her dedication, strength, and unwavering [Read More]

Idris Elba knighted by King Charles

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2026: Africa’s most renowned actor and film producer – Idris Elba, has this week been awarded knighthood by King Charles III in the New Year Honours for services to young people, the BBC reported. He’ll now be known as Sir Idris Elba. Idris received the [Read More]

President Tinubu hails investment fund providing affordable mortgage across Nigeria

Deji Elumoye (ARISE NEWS): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2026: President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday hailed the growing impact of Ministry of Finance Incorporated Real Estate Investment Fund (MREIF), which had delivered N128 billion in affordable mortgages to 1,859 Nigerian families across 25 states under the Renewed Hope Agenda. The [Read More]

Africa’s church leaders call for united action against human trafficking in Africa

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2026: At a time when human trafficking, modern slavery and anti-migrant sentiment are increasing across parts of Africa, Catholic leaders, civil society organisations and law enforcement agencies are strengthening collaboration to protect the most vulnerable and restore dignity to victims. In an interview after attending [Read More]

African Union leaders stress urgent need for resource mobilization and unity to advance Agenda 2063

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2026: The 52nd Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) officially opened yesterday, 3 June 2026, at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The session precedes the 49th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 8th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) [Read More]

Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA): Guardian of the rule of law

June 3, 2026 0

Mohammed Kroma Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 June 2026: The June 6 Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) election is existential. Beyond administrative stakes, the legal profession faces a crisis of legitimacy. The “Kenema Debacle” was the alarm; the real threat is the silent surrender to executive gravity. The Judiciary is [Read More]

Economy & Business

Brand Africa and African Union honour the 100 most influential Africa CMOs in Addis Ababa

June 3, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 June 2026: Against the skyline of Africa’s diplomatic capital, with the sun setting over the Ethiopian highlands, the inaugural Africa CMO 100 (ACMO100) celebration brought together marketing and brand leaders from across the continent and diaspora on the rooftop terrace of the Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa. [Read More]

Sierra Leone police raid local newspaper office after publishing cocaine story

June 2, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 June 2026: There are worrying reports in Freetown of police officers yesterday Monday afternoon, storming the office of Voice of Salone Newspaper and requested that the Editor accompany them to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to make a statement regarding the newspaper’s publication titled, “Mystery Surrounds [Read More]

Sierra Leone at risk of losing millions of Dollars in EU foreign aid with possible military action

June 2, 2026 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 June 2026: The Dutch government is planning to move a motion at the European parliament caling on the European Union to stop sending development aid to Sierra Leone, because of President Bio’s complicity in the growing global narcotics trade and protection of cocaine baron – Bolle [Read More]

We need to find answers to the real problem damaging our country

June 2, 2026 0

Abdul Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 June 2026: Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister’s remarks in UK reflect a deeply concerning attempt to minimize the growing international narcotics concerns associated with Sierra Leone. (Photo above: President Bio and Chief Minister Sengeh). It is troubling that, rather than directly addressing the serious reputational [Read More]

African Union Leaders issue joint Africa Day call for unity, reform, and a renewed commitment to Agenda 2063

May 30, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2026: On the occasion of Africa Day 2026, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and Mr. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi and the Chairperson of the African Union, have issued a united call for accelerated integration, global [Read More]

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr engages Kush addicts

The hard truth: Sierra Leone is crying, but who Is listening?