Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Honourable Members of Parliament of Sierra Leone, history remembers leaders who chose principle over expediency and the national good over political interest. The vote on the Constitutional Amendment Bill is one such moment. I appeal to you, not as partisans, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2026: Sierra Leone’s Speaker of Parliament, Segepoh Solomon Thomas, has named Aminata Sesay, opposition APC member of parliament representing the people of Port Loko District, as a member of the newly constituted Ad hoc Parliamentary Oversight Committee for the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL). [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2027: Sierra Leone investigates stolen money through commissions, hearings and sanctions. But when citizens are killed, the nation is too often met with silence, delay and unanswered questions. Now, reports that former presidents may be granted immunity threaten to turn that silence [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2026: For centuries, rulers have sought protection from the consequences of their failures by shifting blame onto those around them. Under monarchies, the king was often regarded as divinely appointed and therefore beyond error. When mistakes were made, courtiers, servants, advisers, or [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2026: Ernest Bai Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone this morning returned to Freetown, after spending over two years in political exile in Abuja, Nigeria, under the auspices of President Tinubu. His return has sparked questions as to whether he is now a free [Read More]
Yankuba Gbassa Kai-Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2026: John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) is best equipped to succeed President Bio and ensure he enjoys a peaceful retirement. No other aspirant has the backbone to do that. Leadership is not just about having a job. It is about courage and purpose [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2026: The APC–SLPP rivalry has become more than a contest for political power. Over time, it has hardened into a national habit of thought – a lens through which many citizens interpret public events, defend government decisions, assign blame, and even determine [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2026: A 26-year-old white British man who was yesterday arrested on suspicion of killing 78 year-old former British MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe, has been released by police after questioning. Devon and Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman said yesterday that the 26-year-old suspect [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 July 2026: Few political questions generate as much public debate in Sierra Leone today as the future of former president Ernest Bai Koroma. Since leaving the country to receive “medical treatment” abroad, Koroma has remained at the centre of national political discourse. His absence [Read More]
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