In Focus

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]

Nabillahi-Musa Kamara Director – National Anti-Corruption Strategy Secretariat Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 January 2017 The attention of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been drawn to a publication titled:“CHRDI Condemns the ACC and urges government to do more to fight corruption;”authored by the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 January 2017   Rights advocacy group in Sierra Leone – Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), last week published what it says is a damning report alleging serious corruption within the country’s anti-graft agency – the ACC. According to the CHRDI report, “…the ACC [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 January 2017 When the three Wise men visited baby Jesus at this time of the year, they brought with them gold, frankincense and myrrh. The three gifts had a spiritual meaning: gold as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense (incense) as a symbol [Read More]

Alie Kabba Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 January 2017 Fellow Sierra Leoneans, I want to wish you all a truly happy and hope-filled 2017. May the peace and blessings of the Almighty abundantly flow in the direction of those who are genuinely doing everything to make our country a better place [Read More]