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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 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

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Sierra Leone’s democracy takes a knife in the heart

March 12, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2015 The truth, it is said, is better than endless smokescreen. And one sad fact is that we have left the future of our country in the hands of people who don’t know, don’t care, or don’t want to care. Sierra Leone [Read More]

Politics & Law

UN Secretary-General expresses deep gratitude to Dr. Kandeh Yumkella

March 12, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Ban Ki Moon – UN Secretary General: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2015: Kandeh Yumkella has informed me of his intention to step down as my Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. I would like to express my [Read More]

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News in Perspective

Breaking News – Dr. Kandeh Yumkella announces resignation from UN to return to Sierra Leone

March 12, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

  Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2015 Today, a new era in Sierra Leone’s politics begins with the announcement by Dr. Kandeh Yumkella – presidential hopeful, that he is resigning from the UN to pursue his lifelong ambition of playing a major role in changing the country’s decaying politics and [Read More]

News in Perspective

WHO and WFP  unite to gain zero Ebola cases as Koroma retreats to fight personal political battle

March 11, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2015 As the number of people contracting the Ebola virus and dying from the disease continue to rise in Sierra Leone, in Liberia fingers are crossed the country has turned the corner, as they celebrate zero cases in the last few weeks. (Photo: Koroma washes [Read More]

News in Perspective

Maada Bio returns home to mourn with the bereaved

March 11, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2015 Yesterday, 10th March 2015, the former Head of State and 2012 Presidential Candidate of the SLPP, Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio, boarded a flight at the Heathrow International airport to return to Sierra Leone. He is returning home to mourn with bereaved SLPP families, [Read More]

Editorial

Sierra Leonean US based lawyer Alieu Iscandri says expulsion of vice president is unlawful

March 9, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2015 Tonight, a source close to vice president Sam Sumana told the Sierra Leone Telegraph, that the expelled vice president has been advised by lawyers to commence legal proceedings against the ruling APC party, led by president Koroma (Photo). But, with the vice president currently [Read More]

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News in Perspective

Opposition SLPP counsels ruling party over expulsion of the vice president 

March 9, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2015 As the row continues into the expulsion of vice president Sam Sumana (Photo) from the ruling APC party, by a handful of the party’s grandees – whom are known to be at the beckon call of the president, the country’s opposition SLPP has also [Read More]

Editorial

Sierra Leone – When leaders fail…they shoot themselves in the foot

March 8, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Aminata Sesay (Freetown) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2015   In the past twelve months, Sierra Leone has been gripped by the scourge of the Ebola virus disease (EVD). To date, it has ravaged communities, infecting over 9,000 and leaving more than 3,000 dead, while State House is preoccupied with [Read More]

News in Perspective

Sierra Leone ruling APC party explains why it expelled vice president Sam Sumana

March 8, 2015 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2015 After Friday’s shocking news of the expulsion of Sierra Leone’s beleaguered vice president Sam Sumana from the ruling APC party, its National Advisory Committee (NAC), yesterday ended speculations as to the reasons for their decision. The party issued a statement which goes deep into [Read More]

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