Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2022: U.S. Embassy Freetown: U.S. Embassy Freetown is proud to announce that the following leaders will participate in the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship: Samuel Saidu, James Kpaka, Aminata Kandeh, Alex Bayoh, Precious Lamin, Nyangah Rogers-Wright, Laura Nicol, Adama Sillah, Issa Thullah. Additionally, 2021 Fellows Phebean [Read More]
Saidu Bangura, PhD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2022: Sierra Leone has set one more world record. While revelations of the fake degree saga are unfolding and continue to be shocking to us all, given their overwhelmingly deep impact, another drama made news last week. “Blacker”, a mentally challenged Sierra [Read More]
Ahmed Sahid Nasralla: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 May 2022: On 3rd May 2022, SLAJ joined the whole world to observe World Press Freedom Day 2022. And this is the official statement of SLAJ marking the day. PRESS FREEDOM STATUS Since the historic repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law [Read More]
Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: At 61 years of independence, Sierra Leone is a nation of many woes; compatriots would agree it has all the hallmarks of a failed state. In 1960, the secretary of state responsible for the British colonies, Mr. Iain Macleod, had [Read More]
Alhaji U. N’jai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 April 2022: I first wrote this piece four years ago in 2018 and represented my introspection on the state of the nation Sierra Leone at 57. It was also a time of great optimism as the nation had just ushered in the new [Read More]
Dr. Yusuf Bangura PhD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2022: I’ve just finished watching a deeply engrossing film, The Man of God, produced and directed by Nigeria’s Bolanle Austen-Peters (Photo above). The film, which was realeased on Netflix today, promises to be a box office hit. It’s one of the [Read More]
Sallu Kamuskay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2022: Juju Jeks was pregnant at a young age of 15 years. She endured a difficult childhood experience. The challenges Juju Jeks encountered during the pregnancy had a terrible impact on her wellbeing and family. But despite the shock of her situation, Juju Jeks [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2022: The BBC has begun the search for a future star of African journalism with the launch of the seventh BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The search for the next worthy winner of the Komla Dumor Award was launched online via Zoom today, 26 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2022: On Tuesday, 18 January 2022, the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Freetown-based think tank – Centre for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), commemorated today the 20th anniversary of the formal end of Sierra Leone’s civil war and [Read More]
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