Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2025: At the start of its Annual Meetings in Abidjan on 28th May in Côte d’Ivoire, the African Development Bank held a high-level Presidential Dialogue aimed at outlining the next phase of the continent’s development. The panel featured Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, President Azali [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2025: According to the most recent findings by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Sierra Leone has become a trans-shipment hub for cocaine and heroin, routed from South America and Asia to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2025: Since Sierra Leone’s independence in 1961, it had been the ambition of the leadership of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), including the former Prime Minister Albert Margai to neutralise the powers, control and influence of the Krios in Freetown, especially their role in [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: An article titled “SLPP accused of planning to steal 2028 elections by creating new electoral districts in its stronghold and Freetown” (thesierraleonetelegraph.com (May 29-2025) seems to invoke post 2023 general elections with a bad taste of Déjà vu. The Tripartite Committee was [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: ‘Fatima Bio, it is disgraceful that you chose to abuse your privileged position as the President’s wife to attack a private company that operated as a licensed mining company within the confines of Sierra Leone law, resulting in thousands of job losses in Kono [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: In recent months, Sierra Leone has witnessed a disturbing contrast in its pursuit of justice. While the government moves swiftly to arrest alleged coup plotters, it remains suspiciously hesitant to take action against Jos Leijdekkers, a convicted Dutch drug trafficker who [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: In any functioning democracy, opposition parties serve as the counterweight to power. They are the necessary check that ensures the ruling government does not overreach, abuse authority, or govern with impunity. But in Sierra Leone today, the opposition All People’s Congress [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: When the Minister of Local Government and Community Affairs, Ambassador Tamba Lamina, stood before the media at the Ministry of Information and Civic Education on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, he unveiled a sweeping plan to create two new districts, carve up [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2025 Facts & Figures: Financing the Africa We Want Report, ahead of this year’s Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW), which will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, from 1-3 June, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The [Read More]
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