Obituary

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 December 2016 Sierra Leone’s former defence chief of staff lieutenant general Samuel Omar Williams was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in Freetown in the early hours of this morning, according to police report. (Photo: S.O Williams in the centre). The military chief retired [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2017 Almost every Sierra Leonean has a story to tell about their painful experiences of the ten year long war that brought so much misery, suffering and death to a nation that was on its last lap of being declared a failed state. By the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2016 Twelve months ago, people around the world said goodbye to one of Africa’s greatest musicians – Bunny Mack, whose music continues to rock dance floors and serenade the airwaves. Bunny Mack passed away after a short illness in London on Saturday, 11th July, 2015. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 December 2015 Victor Mambu, son of the late Lord Mayor of Manchester, UK – Councillor Sarian Abayomi Mambu, sadly passed away in Manchester, UK, on the 12th of November 2015, after a short illness. He was aged 59. (Photo of Victor, taken few weeks before passing [Read More]

Abdul Rashid Thomas – Editor  Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2015 Over two thousand people attended the funeral yesterday – August 5th, 2015, of one of Africa’s best known musicians – Bunny Mack, who passed away last month in London after a short illness. (Photo: Bunny’s coffin being escorted by [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: Saturday, 11 July 2015 Cecil Bunting McCormack – popularly known as Bunny Mack, has this morning sadly passed away peacefully in London after a short illness. (Photo: Left to right – Bunny Mack, Collins Pratt and King Masco).  Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bunny rose to global [Read More]

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2014 Imam Alhaji Mohammad Sanusi Tejan, passed away last Friday afternoon at the Intensive Care Unit in Connaught Hospital, after a short illness. The 64 year old Imam was laid to rest yesterday by his family, the Jamiul Baitullah Jammat and the entire community, [Read More]

Mohammed Kutubu Koroma The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2013 Yesterday morning my very good and trusted friend and counsellor Alpha Zakmal, who is the Oba of the Aku Mohammadan Jammat in the Washington Metropolitan – USA, called to inform me of the death of Dr. Abdul Afyz Hardy (Photo). [Read More]

The Sierra Leone telegraph: 2 June 2013 Dr. Abdul Afyz Moronke Hardy (Photo) – the personal medical doctor of almost all of the pre-1980s former heads of State of Sierra Leone, passed away peacefully in Freetown, last Friday 31 May 2013, aged 89 years. Dr. Afyz – as he is [Read More]