The Sierra Leone Telegraph

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]

The Africa Report unveils the 2026 ranking of the Top 500 African companies, marked by a historic performance

Manifesto for a new Sierra Leone: All Peoples Alliance Movement (APAM)

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]

Global youth environmental prize reopens to find the rising young voices in global conservation

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]

Millions of people across the world celebrating Commonwealth Day

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 March 2026: Commonwealth Day is being celebrated across the world today, 9th of March 2026, with people taking part in cultural events, school activities and faith-based services in the 56 member countries. Observed annually on the second Monday in March since 1977, the day brings together [Read More]

Open letter to President Bio: The continued detention of Zainab Sheriff and the soul of our democracy

March 6, 2026 1

Lucy Baindu Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 March 2026: Your Excellency Julius Maada Bio, I write to you today not as a partisan voice, not as someone who endorses every word spoken at every rally, but as a Sierra Leonean woman who believes deeply in the promise of New Direction [Read More]

What Zainab Sheriff’s arrest reveals about being a woman in politics in Sierra Leone

Concerned Sierra Leonean: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2026: By any measure, Sierra Leone is a young democracy still struggling to reconcile its aspirations with its institutions. But on February 23, at Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1 in Freetown, the country sent a message that should trouble anyone who [Read More]

Freetown City Council presents awards to 2026 Urban Greening Competition winners

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2026: Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr last Wednesday presented certificates and prize cheques of NLe 10,000 each to the three winning teams for the Freetown Urban Greening Competition aimed at introducing more greenery into Freetown’s Central Business District. Team T&B’s (Murad Taqi & Nyakeh [Read More]

Times Higher Education and the Association of Commonwealth Universities announce strategic partnership

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 March 2026: Times Higher Education (THE) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting higher education institutions across the Commonwealth through trusted data, insight, and collaboration. The partnership brings together THE’s global data and higher education solutions with ACU’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone: Politics of Deforestation – Rogue Minister

March 1, 2026 1

The Geko Project: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2026: A senior politician facilitated illegal encroachment on a national park in Sierra Leone so elites could build mansions. The president sat on the evidence. With their multiple storeys, columns and arches, the mansions under construction in Bio Barray are a world [Read More]

Marie-Alix De Putter joins Praxis, global network for high-impact leadership

March 1, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2026: The Bluemind Foundation announces that its Founder and President, Marie-Alix De Putter, has been selected to join the Praxis Africa Accelerator, an internationally recognized ecosystem supporting founders committed to building organizations that change systems, not just outcomes. Praxis brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders [Read More]

I realised I haven’t left my voice, and my voice hasn’t left me – Op ed

March 1, 2026 0

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2026: Like Maya Angelou once said, there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Those words live inside me, not as poetry, but as a warning. For a long time, I thought silence was safety. I thought silence [Read More]

UNDP and Japan launch new initiatives to strengthen peace and human security in Kailahun

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Japan and the Government of Sierra Leone, on Thursday officially launched two strategic initiatives aimed at reinforcing peace and human security in border communities in Kailahun District, while strengthening trade and investment [Read More]

Sierra Leone secures release of soldiers abducted by Guinean Forces, but threats persist

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: Sierra Leonean soldiers abducted by the Guinean army on Monday were released yesterday Friday, following diplomatic talks led by Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs Minister Timothy Kabba. According to the Sierra Leone government’s information ministry, all sixteen personnel are “safely” in the hands of Minister [Read More]

EU Envoy to Sierra Leone – Ambassador Jankowski held talks with opposition APC as political tension rises

February 28, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: European Union Envoy to Sierra Leone – Ambassador Jacek Jankowski held talks in Freetown yesterday Friday, with the leadership of the country’s main opposition political party – the All People’s Congress (APC), on the current political developments in Sierra Leone, including progress in implementing [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Justices Komba Kamanda and Fatmatta Bintu Alhadji sworn-in as RSCSL Judges

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: Two distinguished jurists were sworn in today as Judges of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. Justice Komba Kamanda and Justice Fatmatta Bintu Alhadi (Photo above) each subscribed to a solemn declaration to “without fear or favour, affection or ill-will, serve as a [Read More]

Appointment of Edmond Alpha as Chief Electoral Commissioner of Sierra Leone is wrong, unlawful, and a threat to democracy

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: An open Letter to H.E. Brig. Rtd. Dr Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone His Excellency Sir: Re: APPOINTMENT OF EDMOND ALPHA AS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER-A BREACH OF CONSTITUTTIONAL INTEGRITY AND A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY The appointment of Mr. Edmond Sylvester [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Jaiama Sewafe town in Kono District gets electricity at last

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2026: It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of the pillars of Islam, it is not only a time for spiritual [Read More]

Africa’s next generation of malaria scientists takes action

February 24, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: As Africa enters a decisive decade in the fight against malaria, a new generation of African scientists is shaping the future of malaria research, innovation, and public health leadership. They are driven by personal experience, community connection, and the urgent reality of a preventable [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee condemns unlawful extension of Netpage passport deal

February 24, 2026 0

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: In March 2025, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) faulted Sierra Leone’s Immigration Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for what can best be described as gross negligence and bastardisation of the 1991 Constitution. This condemnation comes after the renewal and extension [Read More]

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr receives Austrian Foreign Affairs Secretary General on courtesy visit

February 24, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE yesterday Monday 23 February received Dr. Nikolaus Marschik, Secretary General for Foreign Affairs at Austria’s Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and a delegation on a courtesy visit in Freetown. The engagement provided an opportunity for Freetown to share [Read More]

American Bar Association statement on personal attacks against Supreme Court justices

February 24, 2026 0

ABA President Michelle A. Behnke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: The recent remarks by the president of the United States, leveling personal criticisms against members of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not acceptable and cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process. [Read More]

Times Higher Education and the Association of Commonwealth Universities announce strategic partnership