Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2025: Captain Ibrahim Traore took power in Burkina Faso on 30th September 2022, citing former President Paul Henri-Damiba’s inability to deal with the country’s worsening armed uprising as the raison d’etre for his military intervention. Paul Henri-Damiba, who had also ousted his predecessor [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 February 2025: Nearly 6,000km separate our cities of Freetown and Nairobi. Our cities are a continent apart with vastly different populations, economies and cultures but we are united – along with so many African cities – in standing on the frontline of positive climate action. We [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2025: The fact that Africans still require visas to enter most African countries, remains one of the starkest contradictions to the continent’s aspirations for regional integration. In this ninth edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2025: For decades, Sierra Leone has been hailed by many as the “Athens of Africa,” a land of immense potential, rich heritage, and untapped promise. Yet beneath this illustrious veneer lies a bitter truth, a truth masked by sugar-coated promises and institutional [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2025: The Netherlands has formally requested the extradition of convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious figure in international drug trafficking. This was confirmed in a statement posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) by Dutch Minister of Justice David Van Weel, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2025: In Kassala State, Sudan, amidst the challenges of economic uncertainty, Awatif* found a path to stability and empowerment through a UN Women-supported entrepreneurship program. She belonged to a restrictive community where women were not permitted to participate in outdoor activities, gather with men, or [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2025: The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has issued its Unstoppable Africa 2024 Executive Summary, shedding light on transformative strategies and solutions to reshape Africa’s financial narrative and accelerate economic growth. The report highlights GABI’s call for the development of an inclusive financing model to [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 February 2025: Journalism in Sierra Leone at a Crossroads. I see splashed all over the media in Sierra Leone a narrative that should have long been buried, a narrative where journalistic integrity is sacrificed at the altar of sensationalism and self-interest. I once [Read More]
Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2025: Once again, Sierra Leone has been dragged into an international scandal, but this time, it reveals something far more disturbing than just government incompetence. A convicted Dutch drug lord, Jos Leijdekkers, lived in the country for months, rubbing shoulders with top officials, [Read More]
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