Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2026: In Sierra Leone, public service often ends the way it begins – with a story. Not a balance sheet. Not a report card. A story – told after the fact, polished by memory, and usually centred on one brave figure who [Read More]
Olangba Albert Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2026: Concerns about the conduct of Sierra Leone’s 2023 elections have been widely discussed both locally and internationally. Several election observer missions and independent stakeholders pointed to shortcomings in the transparency of the process and raised questions about aspects of the management [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2026: There was a time not long ago when the streets of Freetown began revealing a disturbing and heartbreaking trend: an alarming number of corpses were being found in public spaces. For any city, such a development is both a humanitarian crisis [Read More]
SierraEye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2026: Berthan Macaulay Jnr, Barrister who became the conscience of Sierra Leone’s legal profession and the quiet guardian of its rule of law, has died aged 73. He the pre-eminent private practitioner at the Sierra Leone Bar for more than half a century, a [Read More]
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2026: In Sierra Leone, national troubles rarely make the headlines. They arrive as errands. A mother plans her morning around whether the tap will run. A student studies by phone torchlight, rationing battery life and hope. A trader budgets for the “extra” [Read More]
Alhaji Umar Modou N’jai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2026: I love my country Sierra Leone so dearly and therefore enjoy all its contradictions. You declare a holiday to mark International Women’s Day and at the same time involved in silencing the voices of women. Voice and agency are fundamental [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 March 2026: The Africa Report publishes the 27th edition of its exclusive ranking of the 500 largest African companies (excluding the financial sector). This new edition highlights a historic performance: never before has the combined revenue of Africa’s leading companies reached such a level. With $782.8 [Read More]
Dr Alpha Grace Bangourah (PhD): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 March 2026: Sierra Leone stands at a defining moment. For generations, our land has carried immense wealth — rutile, diamonds, bauxite, gold, and now rare earth elements. Yet our people continue to face poverty, unemployment, environmental degradation, and limited opportunities. We [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 March 2026 The Iris Prize, a global award supporting young environmental leaders with funding, expert mentorship and bespoke skills-building opportunities, has opened its applications for 2026. Now in its fifth year, the Prize (a key pillar of The Iris Project) exists to move resources, trust and [Read More]
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