Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 June 2017 Joseph B. Dauda – a Sierra Leonean politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Koroma government, has today passed away in Ghana, aged 72. The circumstances of his death have not been officially announced, but it is believed he had been ill [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2017 A Service of Thanksgiving and Commendation will take place on Monday 27th February, 2017 at 6pm at Forest Hill Methodist Church, Normanton Street, London, SE23 2DS. On Tuesday 28th February 2017, the remains leave London for Freetown on Air France. On Wednesday 1st March [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2017 The Edward Blyden family regrets to announce the passing away of their patriarch – Mr. Edward Walter Babatunde Gustavus Blyden in London, UK, on the 14th of February 2017, aged 74. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sylvia Blyden; his children – Pastor [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 February 2017 The Sierra Leone Telegraph has been sadly informed tonight of the passing of Mr Edward Babatunde Blyden, the father of the country’s social welfare and children’s affairs minister – Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden. Mr. Edward Babatunde Blyden died peacefully in London at 7:30pm this [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 December 2016 Families and communities across Sierra Leone will today – Christmas Day, be mourning the deaths of Barrister Imran Rahman and the country’s former head of the military Lieutenant-General Samuel Omar Williams, after both were gruesomely killed by armed attackers in their homes. Speaking yesterday [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2016 Communities around Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone are tonight gripped by fear and shock after the brutal murder last night of another well know public figure – the highly acclaimed Barrister Imran Rahman. (Photo: President Ernest Bai Koroma). The former Magistrate and Barrister [Read More]
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]
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