Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 September 2024: “A government by the people, of the people and for the people” has always been the most celebrated and simplest definition of DEMOCRACY. Conventional wisdom has it that the term derived from the Greek demokratia, and was coined from demos (people) and [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2024: Daniel Koroma MP, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Sierra Leone’s Parliament, has called for a decisive and united legislative front to address the nation’s growing concerns over corruption and financial mismanagement. His comments come as the Public Accounts Committee [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2024: The political climate in Sierra Leone remains fraught with tension, as the ongoing rivalry between the All People’s Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) deepens. While political confrontations between ruling and opposition parties are not uncommon, the current [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: 29 August 2024: The recent surge in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases in Sierra Leone has pushed the nation to a tipping point, with citizens and advocacy groups alike demanding urgent and robust government action. In the wake of multiple tragic incidents, there is a growing [Read More]
Alhaji MB Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 August 2024: Reliable sources within the corridors of power in Freetown, have indicated that an imminent cabinet reshuffle is on the horizon, sparking significant unease among high-ranking government officials. “President Julius Maada Bio is about to carry out a reshuffle, which will include [Read More]
Adamon Mukasa and Anthony Simpasa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 August 2024 The implementation of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, hinges on Africa’s ability to mobilize sufficient and timely financial resources. The recently released African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2024 report by the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 August 2024: Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the widespread poverty in Africa is man-made and not an act of God, according to Punch Nigeria newspaper report, as the former president calls on African leaders to stop accepting Western ideas that do not work [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 August 2024: Recently, several pressing issues have troubled the minds of Sierra Leoneans, hindering true national development despite our abundant resources. These issues include leadership challenges, the commercialisation of politics, poverty, corruption, and the alarming tendency among some individuals in positions of authority [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 August 2024: Democracy, as defined by Abraham Lincoln, is “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” This simple yet profound definition captures the essence of democracy a system of governance where the power resides with the people, who [Read More]
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