Politics & Law

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 May 2025: I have written a few opinions on Yenga. But in January 2021, I wrote about why diplomacy should remain one of Sierra Leone’s most viable paths to reclaiming Yenga. While I still hold that view, recent developments compel me to suggest [Read More]

Dr Ibrahim Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: I am deeply concerned by the recent developments in Yenga, a territory that continues to be under the control of Guinean security forces despite repeated commitments to a peaceful resolution. (Photo above: Dr Ibrahim Bangura – Presidential Aspirant of Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary celebrations were punctuated by President Julius Maada Bio’s address, a speech brimming with optimism about national resilience, economic recovery, and social progress. However, a meticulous examination of his claims against constitutional mandates, manifesto pledges, and international [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 May 2025: In Sierra Leone today, our dreams have wings, but they are broken. Our hopes are boarded onto a bus driven recklessly by a man who seems more obsessed with the sound of the engine than the direction it’s heading. President Julius [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2025: It was 64 years last Sunday when Sierra Leone gained its independence from its colonial master, Great Britain. It marked the end of an era and the dawn of another. Independence meant that Sierra Leoneans took over the reins for self–rule, self–determination, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 April 2025: Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on Monday April 28, 2025, called for people-centered leadership while delivering the opening reflections at the Salone Day National Symposium, marking Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary. The event, organized by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, was attended [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 April 2025: Many Africans across the continent are uncertain about President Trump’s Africa policy – what it is, and how it will impact the lives of hundreds of millions. This uncertainty became even more worrying after President Trump’s recent offer of military assistance to the government [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 April 2025: The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, will be presented with the 2021 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize at the University of Pennsylvania, USA this Friday 25th April. The 2021 award presentation was delayed due to COVID-related restrictions that prevented in-person gatherings. This special [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2025: The ECOWAS Commission through the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) organized in collaboration with the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) and the Federal Ministry of Energy from 14 to 15 April 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria a seminar for more than 25 Nigerian experts [Read More]