Abdul Kandeh Turay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2025: Decentralization was once hailed as one of Sierra Leone’s most progressive governance reforms, a deliberate strategy to bring development closer to the people and correct decades of marginalization identified by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). But today, the promise of [Read More]
Foday Moriba Conteh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2025: Mohamed Sillah Bangura, a concerned Sierra Leonean citizen, has written to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice expressing deep concern over what he describes as “serious shortcomings” in the country’s autopsy procedures conducted at the Connaught Hospital mortuary. In a [Read More]
Dauda Yillah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 November 2025: MaadaBiodom is a metaphor. It fuses the name of the present political figurehead Maada Bio with the image of a biodome. In this image, politics becomes a sealed environment that suffocates, dominated by a single person, cut off from accountability and held [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2025: At a press conference on November 10, 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, joined by Deputy Mayor Kweku Lisk Esq., Chief Councillor Zainab Conteh, and other councillors, voiced serious concerns over actions which are undermining the effective functioning of the Freetown City Council. At the [Read More]
Pa Kaprr Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: For those who care about law, governance, and the moral architecture of Sierra Leone’s society — and who cherish the Paramount Chieftaincy as a cornerstone of our cultural identity — this is a moment for reflection. The Paramount Chieftaincy [Read More]
Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: I shouldn’t allow the excitement of Zohran Mamdani’s extraordinary victory in New York City’s Mayoral election to pass without a few remarks, despite other demands on my time. For one thing, even though I’ve tuned out US national politics in my [Read More]
Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2025: It is deeply disturbing to witness young, educated, and well-trained men like Chief Minister David Sengeh and Minister of Information Chernor Bah rise to defend the current establishment in the face of glaring national decay. Sierra Leone today grapples with a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2025: The official vehicle of the Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was hit by a truck in Freetown last weekend, causing severe damage to her vehicle. The accident could have been fatal had anyone been sitting in the vehicle. Writing on social media, Mayor [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2025: The controversial paternity case involving Justice Momoh-Jah Stevens was brought to a close last week at the High Court in Freetown, after DNA results presented in court showed a 99.9% positive match between Justice Stevens and Edwina Jamiru’s six-month-old baby. High Court Justice Stevens [Read More]
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