Yusuf Bangura (Nyon, Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2025: Nicolas Sarkozy has been sent to jail for receiving USD50 million euros from former Libyan dictator, Mohammed Qaddafi, for his campaign in the 2007 French presidential election. Qaddafi thought he had bought Sarkozy’s support to clean up his global image [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2025: In the decaying heart of Freetown — from the swampy shacks of Kroo Bay to the rusted outskirts of Kissy— a slow and deadly war is unfolding. It is not a war of politics or religion, but of addiction and despair. [Read More]
Mohamed Pope Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2025: A shadow of criminal negligence and staggering incompetence has fallen over President Julius Maada Bio’s SLPP government, following the explosive revelation that a container purportedly holding vast quantities of deadly kush processing ingredients has mysteriously vanished from under the noses of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2025: Sierra Leone’s electricity supply problem is as old as the country itself. Successive governments have failed to come up with a sustainable solution to this crisis that is not only crippling the nation’s economy but affecting the delivery of safe healthcare and other vital [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2025: A UN expert has welcomed the publication of a Guiding Note on Reporting on the Rights and Welfare of Children with Albinism in Africa, a critical tool developed by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2025: As droughts, floods, and water crises intensify across the continent, African ministers and leaders are mobilizing ahead of the 2025 Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM), taking place on October 22–23 in Madrid. This political convergence marks a decisive step in the continent’s collective effort to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2025: The Africa-Europe Foundation (AEF) today announced the winners of its 2025 Africa-Europe Youth Awards Scheme, recognising ten outstanding young leaders and organisations from across Africa and Europe who are advancing innovative, high-impact projects in various areas. Now in its third edition, the Awards aim [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2025: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a new Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Sierra Leone for 2025–2030, committing approximately $500 million over the next five years to foster sustainable economic growth, strengthen resilience to fragility, and promote [Read More]
Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October 2025: Very insightful piece! Trump and Biden foolishly thought the cards for global technological dominance were in US hands. They forgot that the US had long ceded to China control of the basic resources that power technological innovation in modern economies—rare earths. [Read More]
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