Sierra Leone Telegraph; 16 January 2026: The Masakhane African Languages Hub (the Hub) has announced a major Request for Proposals (RFP) to address the severe underrepresentation of African languages in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Hub invites African researchers, linguists, startups, technologists and community organizations to build high-quality, inclusive and community-driven [Read More]
Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was drafted to dismantle the 1978 one-party state and restore multiparty constitutional rule. That transition was necessary and widely welcomed. Yet, from its very inception, it was fragile. That fragility soon became evident when, barely a year [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi yesterday received U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos. The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel-Atty, Head of the General Intelligence Services Major General Hassan Rashad, Deputy Chief [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the overwhelming passage by the United States House of Representatives of a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Chairperson commends the bipartisan support demonstrated by Members of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: Many in Sierra Leone have expressed dismay, following the release of the country’s 2024 Auditor General’ Report, which shows that one of the key institutions they anticipated would be implicated in the embezzlement of public funds – the Office of the President, was not [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: At first reading, Sierra Leone’s 2025 National Budget presents itself as an instrument of compassion. Framed around improving the wellbeing and quality of life of citizens, it adopts the language of inclusion, social protection, food security and human capital development. It [Read More]
Alieu Kay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: The much-discussed 2024 Annual Audit Report has been released, and public reaction suggests deep concern, as the report appears to record the highest level of misappropriation of public funds in the country’s history. (Photo above: Minister of Health and Sanitation – Dr [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and Member of the Political Bureau of China’s CPC Central Committee, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, held the 9th China–African Union Strategic Dialogue at the African [Read More]
CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: CHRDI is deeply concerned and disappointed by the prevalence of endemic problems, including corruption, inadequate resources, low interest in human rights protection, judicial uncertainty, a lack of transparency and accountability, and growing distrust of the justice system. In 2018, Sierra Leone’s President Julius [Read More]
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