Economy & Business

New UNEP analysis estimates $66.8 billion needed annually for forest finance in tropical countries

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2025: The Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP) – a focused effort of 34 governments committed to maintaining high-level political leadership on forests – two days ago launched the ‘Forest Finance Roadmap for Action’, in collaboration with the Government of Brazil and with support from [Read More]

Education and Health

Gates Foundation partners with Indian manufacturer to drive down cost of groundbreaking HIV prevention tool

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2025: Millions more people at risk of HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will have access to a powerful new prevention option: a low-cost, generic version of lenacapavir, the world’s first twice-yearly injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). A new partnership announced today between the Gates [Read More]

Politics & Law

Why Sierra Leoneans must reject the proposed dividing of Africa’s historic capital city, Freetown – Op ed

Raymond A. Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2025: Freetown stands as more than just Sierra Leone’s capital, it represents one of Africa’s most significant historical landmarks and a powerful symbol of resilience, freedom, and the African diaspora’s homecoming. The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government’s proposal to divide this [Read More]