In Focus

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2016 A twenty-three year old female student – Theresa Mbomaya, was last weekend arrested and detained at the maximum security prison in Freetown, for sharing a WhatsApp message she herself did not create. According to the Koroma government, she committed a crime against the state, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2016   IMF conditionalities have returned to Sierra Leone with a vengeance; or have they? Many in Sierra Leone are saying that the current economic downturn and austerity being imposed upon the poor people of Sierra Leone by the Koroma government, are the result of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2016 Dear Commissioner Ady Macauley I’m writing on behalf of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), to respectfully request that the Anti-Corruption Commission Sierra Leone (ACC-SL) begin an investigation into the Sierra Leone Parliament, for some potentially illegal practices and misappropriation of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2016 The American people have spoken. They have chosen their new president, amidst massive anxiety and fear of what this change could mean, not only for the people of America, but for the entire world. They have on Tuesday, the 8th of November 2016, chosen [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 November 2016 Members and supporters of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party – the Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) UK and Ireland branch, celebrated the party’s 65th anniversary last Saturday, 5th November 2016. More than 300 people attended the dinner dance, which was held at the Dalston [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29th October 2016 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the president of Liberia turned 78 years old today. She celebrated her birthday, joined by family members and prominent people in Liberia and from neighbouring countries, including Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Social Welfare, Children and Religious Affairs Dr Sylvia Olayinka [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2016 Next Saturday, 5th of November, 2016, the Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) UK and Ireland, will celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the grand old party of Sierra Leone – the SLPP. (Photo: Sir Milton Margai’s last cabinet) Despite a long and sometimes turbulent history, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2016 The announcement by the South African government that it is to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sends a very poor message to those leaders on the continent that thrive on impunity and the violent abuse of power to stay in office. [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2016 In a democratic society, freedom of speech should not be seen or used as a privilege, but as an organic necessity in a great society. The concept of free speech has historically never been an intrinsic part of Sierra Leone’s democratic infrastructure. [Read More]