John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2026: Today, I reflect on the life of the late Chernor Ojuku Sesay, a former colleague now resting in the world beyond, whose memory remains vivid among us. Chernor who passed away six years ago, was one of the five of us [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: In a strategic effort to strengthen Nigeria’s response to evolving security challenges through sustained international defence collaboration, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General OO Oluyede on 6 February 2026, received Dr Richard Montgomery, the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria at Defence Headquarters, [Read More]
Alusine sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: At the All People’s Congress (APC) party’s mammoth gathering held at the Atooga Stadium in Freetown, one striking feature of the address delivered by the party’s Acting Chairman, Pa-Yansaneh, was his persistent and emphatic invocation of a single term: TRIPARTITE. Indeed, the [Read More]
Trevor Young: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: I had a very promising and honest conversation with Edmond B Nonie – Deputy Minister of Energy I. It was good news mixed with hard truths about why electricity remains unstable in Freetown, the Western Area, and across Sierra Leone. Freetown’s population [Read More]
Kelvin Jay (Voices of Salone): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: Tensions between the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) and National Elections Watch (NEW) have reportedly deepened following the controversy surrounding the 2023 General Elections, with NEW accusing the Commission of deliberate exclusion and attempts to silence independent election [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have ended a high-level consultation meeting on the extension of the Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for West Africa (2020–2027). The three-day meeting, which took place from 4 to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee to establish an electric vehicle manufacturing plant and nationwide charging infrastructure. The project is intended to support local EV production with a planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. According to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The 8.7 million Dollar Grant Agreement aimed at advancing Seychelles’ Social Housing Programme, was signed last week between the Government of the Republic of Seychelles and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), reinforcing strong bilateral cooperation in support of Seychelles’ national social housing [Read More]
Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2026: In Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. Institutions that traditionally speak during constitutional moments — the judiciary, the [Read More]
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