Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2026: Following last week’s political showdown in Sierra Leone’s parliament which saw the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party, walking out of debate to amend the country’s 1991 Constitution that will see the introduction of sweeping changes, including the lowering of the voting threshold for [Read More]
Albert Olangba Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: A developing constitutional dispute in Sierra Leone is raising serious questions about the future of the country’s multiparty democracy, the independence of its electoral system and the safeguards governing amendments to the 1991 Constitution. The controversy follows the Sierra Leone Government’s [Read More]
Gibril Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: Sierra Leoneans have every right to ask uncomfortable questions about President Julius Maada Bio’s latest cabinet reshuffle. At the centre of those questions is the appointment of Karefa A. F. Kargbo as Minister of Finance, at a moment when the country is [Read More]
Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: For peace to reign in any country, the President and his followers must love and cherish peace. Peace does not begin in the streets. It begins at the very top. A country can have peace agreements, security forces, courts, constitutions and diplomatic [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Tunde Pratt is trapped in a vicious rebel war in a foreign land, battling with his doubts and fears, searching for a way out. He blames himself for getting caught in chaos. But when he witnesses Namineh and her young daughter, Theresa, surrounded by [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 august 2026: On International Youth Day, Wednesday 12 August, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the third cohort of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund 2.0. This initiative empowers young people to identify and implement solutions to the climate [Read More]
Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: I have read the statement issued by the All Peoples Congress on the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill 2025. I support it. I support the constitutional guarantee of a minimum of thirty percent representation for women in political [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Only amateurs wait until election day to rig an election. By then, ballots are being watched, observers are present, citizens are alert, and political positions have hardened. The more sophisticated contest begins much earlier—when the rules are written, institutions are positioned, [Read More]
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]
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