John Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2025: Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to get people to adapt to change, even on the most basic issues? I have seen firsthand the tremendous effort that goes into addressing the waste-management challenge in Freetown. One moment, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2025: Climate action isn’t just about protecting the environment, it’s also a pathway to jobs, says Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr. In Sierra Leone, young people make up 62.5% of the population, yet nearly 70% of youth are unemployed, many of them in Freetown. Through the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2025: Under the Transform Freetown – Transforming Lives roadmap, Freetown City Council (FCC) has prioritised public space cleaning through the clearance of illegal dumpsites, market cleaning, and daily street sweeping. With support from the World Bank, the initiative has created short-term employment for 4,425 residents [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2025: When Togolese filmmaker Angela Aquereburu created Ahoé, she wanted to tell a story that felt true to home — layered, emotional, and unmistakably Togolese. “Ahoé was made with a lot of love for our country, the people, for the stories,” Aquereburu said. This personal [Read More]
Hassan Arouni: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2025: This week, Mr. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, affectionately known to thousands of former pupils simply as SBB, turned 80 years old. Eighty is a milestone that invites reflection—not only on a man’s life but on the generations he shaped, strengthened, and set [Read More]
Suhood Komeh (UK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 November 2025: Two important questions women (and men allies), especially those in politics, should and must ask in preparation for Sierra Leone’s 2028 elections are these: If there are no SLPP, or APC Men’s Wings in both organisations, why should a Women’s Wing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2025: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered 1,000 kilogrammes of cocaine valued at N29.4 billion (over $20million) in a 20-foot export container imported at the Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) in Lagos, according to Nigerian news media. The illicit drugs were displayed to [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]
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