Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Sierra Leone’s economy is showing signs of stability in the face of heightened global challenges, with growth projected at 4.3 percent in 2025 and reaching 4.6 percent by 2027, according to the latest World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) launched last week in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: President John Dramani Mahama has assured investors of Ghana’s preparedness to spearhead an industrial revolution that will not only transform its economy but also serve as a catalyst for Africa’s next phase of development. The President was speaking at a sod-cutting ceremony for the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Ahead of COP30 taking place next week in Belém, Brazil (10-21 November), the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released a new research brief, Africa on the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém, reviewing the key outcomes from recent COP summits and setting out [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where leaders are emphasizing locally driven adaptation, the four-year, $1.4 billion investment will expand access to innovations that help farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia adapt to extreme weather. In these regions, where food security and livelihoods [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Rio in Brazil was buzzed with energy as over 300 mayors from around the world gathered for the C40 World Mayors Summit, held from 3–5 November 2025. A key precursor to COP30, the summit of mayors and global climate leaders provided [Read More]
Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: I shouldn’t allow the excitement of Zohran Mamdani’s extraordinary victory in New York City’s Mayoral election to pass without a few remarks, despite other demands on my time. For one thing, even though I’ve tuned out US national politics in my [Read More]
Dr Alhaji Umar N’jai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Dear Sir, while you have been gone and not paying attention Sir, here are the other looming epidemics outside of the Kush/drug substance epidemic that needs your urgent attention: Examinations malpractice and cheating epidemic at all levels from schools to [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: President Julius Maada Bio last week announced new measures to confront Sierra Leone’s escalating Kush crisis, including the establishment of a special court dedicated to trying drug-related cases. The president also instructed the chief justice to develop a new sentencing practice direction [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: The World Bank Board of Directors last week approved an additional grant of $18.34 million to support Sierra Leone in enhancing biodiversity protection, environmental sustainability, and climate change resilience. This funding, provided through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) under the Global Environment Facility [Read More]
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