Editorials

Economy & Business

AfDB and GCERF join forces to strengthen prevention, resilience and development investment in Africa

September 23, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2026: The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) have signed a Letter of Intent to establish a framework for closer cooperation, aligning community-led prevention efforts with development investment in fragile and conflict-affected settings across Africa. The Letter of [Read More]

Education and Health

East African Community (EAC) steps up regional infectious disease outbreak preparedness, calls for more support

September 23, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2026: As the region continues to grapple with recurring outbreaks of highly infectious diseases such as Ebola, the East African Community (EAC) is stepping up efforts to ensure every Partner State has frontline health workers equipped with the capacity to detect, contain and clinically manage [Read More]

Economy & Business

President of Kenya convenes committee to advance Africa’s common position ahead of 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) in Antalya

September 23, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2026: Yesterday, at the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York, and on the margins of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly,  William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Coordinator of the Committee [Read More]

Politics & Law

African Union and UN renew agreements to strengthen strategic partnership in operational support

September 23, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2026: At a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York, on 21 September, H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, signed the renewed Memorandum of Intent on cooperation in operational support and Memorandum [Read More]

Politics & Law

General Birame Diop and Ambassador Marc Fonbaustier discuss cooperation between ECOWAS and France

September 21, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2026: The two leaders addressed the security challenges hindering peace and stability in West Africa, including terrorism, organized crime, insecurity, cybercrime, cross-border crime, misinformation, and disinformation. Marc Fonbaustier reiterated France’s commitment to further supporting ECOWAS’s efforts to address these challenges and promote regional peace, security, [Read More]

In Focus

State capture in real time: How a criminal empire turns Sierra Leone into a narco‑hub

September 21, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Albert David KAMARA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2026: Sierra Leone today stands at a danger zone of governance where criminal enterprise, political fragility, and institutional decay collide with devastating force. What began as whispers of foreign “investors” arriving with unexplained wealth has expanded dangerously into a full‑scale national security [Read More]