In Focus

Sierra Leone telegraph: 24 March 2017 When those elected to run the affairs of state and to manage the complex and sometimes basic needs of society, instead decide to turn their weapons out of anger and frustration at the very people that gave them power, it becomes obvious that they [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 March 2017 As so often the case in Sierra Leone in the past twelve months, there is only one consistent voice of outrage in defence of the poor and oppressed people of Sierra Leone, whose lives are being cut short by those elected to serve them [Read More]

Jonathan Tengbe Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 March 2017 After several letters were sent to all presidential aspirants of the SLPP, and also to the various party stakeholders, we were finally able to hold the first conference at the Bank of Sierra Leone complex. The main aim was for flagbearer aspirants [Read More]

Abdul-Jalilu Ateku Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2017 Black Africa’s first independent nation celebrated its 60th independence anniversary this week. A pioneer in many ways, Ghana was the first country in sub Saharan Africa to secure independence from Britain on March 6, 1957. Ghana’s post-independence experience is also in many ways the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2017 Sierra Leone Presidential hopeful Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella has arrived back in Freetown, after attending the inauguration of the Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Nigeria. In 1941 US President Frankliyn D. Roosevelt dedicated the first presidential library in America. Since then, the establishment of [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2017 When President Ernest Bai koroma announced the date for the 2018 general elections, there was a collective sigh of relief that could be felt around the four corners of the country, and even beyond. To say that this announcement was eagerly anticipated [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February, 2017 The University of Ghana has announced that Dr. Kandeh Yumkella of Sierra Leone will deliver the 2017 Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lectures scheduled for March 21-22, 2017, at the University’s Great Hall in Accra. Yumkella will speak about ‘Africa – A Continent of Hope, Opportunity and [Read More]

Brooks Marmon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 January 2017 Sierra Leone Telegraph Editor’s Note: British citizens are calling for the banning of Trump from entering the UK. Over 1.2 million people have so far signed the petition. If you are resident in the UK or a British citizen, you can sign [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2017 Police in Freetown are investigating the alleged beating to death of a teenage school boy in the village of Gloucester in the capital Freetown, on the 10th of January, 2017. According to reports, three teenage school boys believed to be known to the deceased [Read More]