Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: “Water is life; when there is no water, it is as if there are no people living.” These profound words from ‘Masechefo Sechefo, a Community Councilor at Ha Sekete village, capture the essence of existence in rural Lesotho before the African Development Bank’s transformative [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2025: Sierra Leoneans are not happy, and they will never be happy as long as we continue to have the kind of politicians we do as our leaders. We are living in a tripartite nation, one that is divided into three distinct [Read More]
Bob Massally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2025: Watching BBC News few days ago and reading both its website as well as those of the UK’s Fleet Street newspapers, journalists were moaning the fact that the UK and the US have just had their worst rating ever in the respected [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2025: Today we mark International Women’s Day in celebration of the achievements of women all over the world. But so too, must we remember the struggles of millions of women – especially Kasibba (not her real name), a woman from Sierra Leone who was wrongly [Read More]
Andy Morton ( for Press and Journal): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2025: Few people are as caring and compassionate as Manjit Dhillon, a facial reconstruction surgeon who gives up her holidays to volunteer on a hospital ship in Africa. But if you called her a hero, she’d likely shake [Read More]
Abdoul Mahdieu Savage: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2025: Sierra Leone has come under renewed scrutiny as a key transit hub for international drug trafficking. A damning report by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs underscores the extent of the crisis, stating that [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2025: Nearly 6,000km separate our cities of Freetown and Nairobi. Our cities are a continent apart with vastly different populations, economies and cultures but we are united – along with so many African cities – in standing on the frontline of positive climate action. We [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 February 2025: Journalism in Sierra Leone at a Crossroads. I see splashed all over the media in Sierra Leone a narrative that should have long been buried, a narrative where journalistic integrity is sacrificed at the altar of sensationalism and self-interest. I once [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: 01 February 2025: Ask Anyone from my generation who once read The Tablet newspaper, followed the writings of Nkrumah, Amie Cesaire, Senghor, Samir Amin, Fannon, Olu Gordon, and Paul Kamra, or watched the plays of Kolosa Kargbo, Amadu Maddy, and Dele Charlie. Ask those who danced to [Read More]
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