In Focus

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2025: Since Sierra Leone’s independence in 1961, it had been the ambition of the leadership of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), including the former Prime Minister Albert Margai to neutralise the powers, control and influence of the Krios in Freetown, especially their role in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 May 2025: After a two-year hiatus, award-winning actresses Davina Cole and Sabrina Chiemeka are back and they’re bringing the heat! It was during the lockdown in 2020 that they were inspired to start their own talk show and get audiences thinking about what is happening around [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2025: The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) is proud to announce the fourth cohort of its Amujae Leaders—13 outstanding women  public leaders from across Africa who are transforming governance, advancing justice, and driving social change. They now join 42 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2025: The United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) hosted a Women Leaders Network event in celebration of International Women’s Day on 18th March 2025, aligning with this year’s theme: “For All Women and Girls; Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” The event brought together network members, comprising women [Read More]

Kadiatu Sankoh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2025: In a moment of triumph and continued excellence, Mackie M. Jalloh, one of Sierra Leone’s brightest and most dedicated journalists, has once again etched his name into the nation’s media history books. On the evening of May 10, 2025, at the Freetown [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2025: On April 27, 1961, the people of Sierra Leone danced in the streets, waving green, white, and blue flags, celebrating the end of colonial rule and the birth of a new nation. With optimism swelling, Sir Milton Margai became Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Sheriff Mahmud Ismail (Abuja,Nigeria) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2025: On Saturday April 5, 2025, I accompanied Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma to the 8th African Leadership Forum (ALF) in Kampala, Uganda. The Forum, held from 7th to 8th at the Munyonyo Speke Resort, was co-organized by the [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2025: It was sometime in 2001, in the warm, buzzing office of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. The war had ended, but the scars were still fresh, and conversations about rebuilding were everywhere. I remember sitting with a few international [Read More]

Yusuf Bangura (Nyon, Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 April, 2025: I recently listened to an insightful 25-minute interview of The Guardian journalist Chris McGreal on Democracy Now’s YouTube channel (Democracy Now!, 2025), which looked at the apartheid roots of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has carved out for [Read More]