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  • [ March 25, 2026 ] Sierra Leone’s ruling SLPP threatens to replace the capital’s elected Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Politics & Law
  • [ March 25, 2026 ] Global education progress masks deepening gaps in sub-Saharan Africa, says UNESCO 2026 Global Monitoring Education Report Education and Health
  • [ March 25, 2026 ] Sierra Leone – Empty seats, silent councils and the price citizens are paying – Op ed Politics & Law
  • [ March 23, 2026 ] ECOWAS Commission President meets with the African Union Commission’s Commissioner for Infrastructure Economy & Business
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  • [ March 20, 2026 ] Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr celebrates Eid with Muslims across the country In Focus
  • [ March 17, 2026 ] Sierra Leone Politics – Is a gentleman’s agreement with a government legally binding? – Op ed Politics & Law
  • [ March 16, 2026 ] Coalition of ministers, educators, developers, and researchers unites to end fragmentation and deliver the AUDA-NEPAD EdTech Vision 2030 for 200 million African learners Education and Health

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone – the politics of dilemma or is it the dilemma of politics?

June 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2018: It is an undeniable fact that Sierra Leone as a nation has come a long way. Our collective journey, though tortuous at best, from the days of late President Sheka Stevens’ one party fiefdom, through the period of interregna and out into [Read More]

Politics & Law

Lawyers in Sierra Leone split over sacking of Anti-Corruption Commissioner

June 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2018: Lawyers in Sierra Leone are today in a quandary, as to how best to respond to the sacking of the country’s head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) – Mr Ady Macauley by the president. Those opposed to his sacking say that the president’s decision [Read More]

Politics & Law

Dismissal of ACC commissioner – open letter to president Bio

June 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Citizens Advocacy Network: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2018: Dear Mr President, The Citizens Advocacy Network (hereinafter referred to as “CAN” or “Organisation”) is a highly respected Civil Society Organization that focuses primarily on promoting good governance, strengthening democracy, and upholding the Rule of Law. By reason of our mandate, CAN [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s president and ministers strategise at weekend retreat

June 24, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2018: President Julius Maada Bio and his ministers last weekend – Friday 22nd – Saturday 23rd June 2018, were at the popular Freetown tourist resort village of Tokeh, for a strategy delivery planning meeting. The weekend retreat was sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme [Read More]

Economy & Business

President Bio abandons Koroma’s plan for a $400 million airport

June 24, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2018: Last week was a busy schedule for Sierra Leone’s head of the National Commission for Privatisation – Mr. Umaru Napoleon Koroma, who visited the Lungi International Airport and the Water Quay seaport in  Freetown, to gain full insight into how they are both being [Read More]

Education and Health

Our Sierra Leone: Situation excellent

June 22, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2018: So much has happened in the political landscape over the last week, with political party apparatchiks trading accusations, that one ought to take a cooler and accentuate the positive. The idea for this piece came to me after I preached a sermon [Read More]

Politics & Law

Lawyer Francis Ben Kaifala appointed Sierra Leone’s new anti-corruption Czar

June 21, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2018: President Julius Maada Bio has appointed a new head of the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), after revoking the contract of Mr. Ady Macauley as Commissioner with immediate effect. Macauley was appointed to head the ACC by former president Ernest Bai Koroma in March 2016. [Read More]

Economy & Business

Businesses in Sierra Leone urge government to enforce Local Content Policy

June 21, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Amin Kef: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2018: When the former government and Parliament of Sierra Leone decided to pass into law the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Finance Acts that specifically insisted on enforcing the country’s Local Content Policy, it was because this policy was established to boost the economy. [Read More]

Economy & Business

Freetown city council implements flood defence strategy as heavy rain is predicted

June 21, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2018: The Freetown City Council (FCC) yesterday reported it has started implementing its flood mitigation plan, designed to reduce flooding in the city and reduce humanitarian, health and economic impact on residents, as the rainy season sets in. Sierra Leone, the council says, is noted [Read More]

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