In Focus

Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: The article, ‘’Hypocrisy as Policy’’, by Global Geopolitics (attached) is a good reaction to Trump’s insane, but self-serving, threat to invade Nigeria under the pretext of stopping a so-called Christian genocide in that country. However, his insanity may not be without [Read More]

Dauda Yillah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: One must ask: is the notorious Dutch narcotics kingpin still in our country? If so, does the current administration really mean to extradite him to face justice in his homeland? Only time will tell. My scepticism stems from our government’s continuing dodgy [Read More]

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2025: Reports of unlawful possession and abuse of harmful drugs have become a near-daily occurrence in Sierra Leone’s media. The effects of this growing drug circulation are both direct and devastating, particularly among the nation’s youth. Hundreds have already died, while many [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2025: A UN expert has welcomed the publication of a Guiding Note on Reporting on the Rights and Welfare of Children with Albinism in Africa, a critical tool developed by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2025: The Africa-Europe Foundation (AEF) today announced the winners of its 2025 Africa-Europe Youth Awards Scheme, recognising ten outstanding young leaders and organisations from across Africa and Europe who are advancing innovative, high-impact projects in various areas. Now in its third edition, the Awards aim [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2024: When Sierra Leone weaned itself from the boorish, barbarous and inhuman decade- long war of the 90s, many hoped that it will be the end of savagery in our society. One cannot fault the optimism that coursed through the hearts and veins [Read More]

Zainab Tunkara Clarkson: There is nothing more dangerous than a man in power who believes he is above the law — except perhaps one who is the law. In Africa today, a Justice of the law (Sierra Leone’s Appeals Court Judge Momoh Jah Stevens) allegedly stands accused of threatening to [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2025: The Freetown City Council (FCC) with support from the World Bank, has trained over 700 community engagement workers to support the implementation of the city’s new Sanitation Bye-Laws. The two-day training, part of FCC’s “Dorti Mus Go” campaign, is aimed at [Read More]

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2025: In Sierra Leone, free speech is not a Western abstraction. It is a lived and dangerous aspiration, often bruised by the whims of the powerful and betrayed by the very institutions meant to protect it. At stake is not just the [Read More]