Economy & Business

Mauritius must mobilise development financing at scale to achieve high-income ambition – says AfDB Report

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Mauritius must mobilise development financing at scale to deepen structural transformation, drive sustainable and inclusive growth, and realise its vision of becoming a high-income economy, according to the African Development Bank’s 2026 Country Focus Report (CFR) and the Bank-commissioned Mauritius Productivity Study, both released [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s constitutional faultline: A walkout, a two-thirds dispute and the stakes for 2028

Sylvester Sheku Suaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s Parliament was plunged into one of its most consequential constitutional confrontations in years on Monday, August 10, as opposition lawmakers walked out of the chamber after the Speaker ruled that Parliament could decide individual provisions of a constitutional amendment [Read More]

Politics & Law

We are not opposed to constitutional reform, we simply do not support proportional representation – says opposition APC 

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) has this evening responded to president Bio’s appeal to all political parties to support the proposed constitutional amendments that will be voted on in parliament tomorrow, 10th August 2026, including a move away from the [Read More]

Politics & Law

President Bio of Sierra Leone addresses the nation ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2026: As the people of Sierra Leone brace themselves for what is to come from parliament tomorrow Monday 10th August 2026, after members of parliament would have further debated and voted on the proposed new constitution, the president was on national television this morning explaining [Read More]