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]
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2025: Today, we celebrate African Union Day with pride and renewed commitment to our shared vision of a united, prosperous, and peaceful Africa. This day commemorates the Sirte Declaration of 9 September 1999, when African leaders agreed to establish the African Union. [Read More]
Dr. Columba Michael Joe Blango: Sierra Leone Telegraph: I have spent the past five weeks in Sierra Leone, mostly in Freetown, with short journeys to other parts of the country. The picture I carry with me is layered, contradictory, and deeply troubling. On the surface, there is an image of [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2025: “Democracy is not a spectator sport – It is a shared inheritance that must be defended by all.” The term imperial presidency was once an American cautionary tale – an oxymoron meant to warn against the overconcentration of power in the [Read More]
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