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]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2026: Freetown City Council (FCC), in partnership with HB Ltd, the Ministry of Health’s Directorate of Environmental Health and the District Health Management Team, has launched a two-day training programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of frontline healthcare workers to respond to heat-related illnesses. The [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: In 2021, ECOWAS adopted a maximum sulphur content of 50 parts per million (ppm) in fuel as the regional benchmark, requiring member states to transition to cleaner fuel standards aimed at reducing emissions and improving air quality. The global standard is 10ppm. [Read More]
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 July 2026: The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced a temporary suspension of the $25 Airport Security Fee charged at the Freetown International Airport. The suspension takes effect on July 6. In a public notice issued on Friday, the ministry said the suspension follows [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]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2026: Sierra Leone must align local government mandates with adequate funding to protect service delivery, accountability and democratic participation (Photo above: Mayors of local councils). The figures are staggering. Freetown City Council alone spends approximately Le1 billion (old Leones), equivalent to Le1 [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2026: After the law kneels, institutions follow. (Photo above: President Bio of Sierra Leone). After institutions kneel, character bends. And when character bends long enough before power, the next to kneel is the nation’s soul. That is the final tragedy of orders [Read More]
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