John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2025: One can choose to keep old friends while still being intentional about making new ones. This reflects China’s approach to its relationship with the African continent, maintaining traditional partnerships while forging new, strategic alliances. The emergence of this Asian giant as [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: The question that has lingered in the minds of many Sierra Leoneans for far too long: what exactly does Sierra Leone produce that is needed by the world; that is bought by other nations; and truly sustain our economy besides blood [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: Weeks after governments promised bold action to protect the ocean at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice (June 2025), the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly meetings have concluded with no moratorium on deep-sea mining and a widening gap between promises and performance. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance this week endorsed a series of adjustments to bring Gavi’s strategy for its next five-year period (2026-2030) in line with available resources while it continues to engage with donors that have not yet been able to pledge [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2025: If a chick that will grow into a cock is spotted the very day it is hatched, then the signs are that Air Sierra Leone will be the answer to the long-suffering travellers to and from Sierra Leone. The travails Sierra Leoneans [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2025: Foreign aid is no longer a viable solution for Africa’s growing development needs. The continent’s annual Sustainable Development Goal financing shortfall has reached $1.3 trillion, and leaders are increasingly clear-eyed about the limits of donor-driven models. At a high-level session on the margins of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2025: The World Bank issued today the 2025 Equatorial Guinea Economic Update which analyses the country’s recent economic developments and outlook and highlights the importance of a comprehensive accounting of wealth and the role of human, physical, and natural capital in shaping sustainable growth and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2025: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) approved two new investments for critical minerals projects in sub-Saharan Africa this month. The funding aims to accelerate economic development across the region while reinforcing US supply chains for minerals essential to the country’s defense, energy, security [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2025: The global professional body for structural engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), has joined with the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC) to share and co-create engineering expertise towards a sustainable built environment. (Photo above – courtesy of Solent University). IStructE’s new Pan-African Structural Engineering [Read More]
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