The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sidi Yayah Tunis – APC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2026: The All People’s Congress (APC) wishes to commend our Parliamentary Leadership and every APC Member of Parliament for the patriotism, maturity, discipline and principled leadership they have demonstrated throughout the ongoing parliamentary consideration of the Constitution of Sierra Leone [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s opposition APC puts country above party and principle above expediency

Guinea pushes ECOWAS toward infrastructure‑driven prosperity. The ECO can wait, West Africans need electricity, roads, and jobs now

Albert David KAMARA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2026: Guinea’s decision to opt out of the ECO single currency in 2027 is not an act of defiance, it is an act of economic clarity. In a region where political speeches often outrun economic realities, Conakry has delivered a message that [Read More]

Let the Constitution define the government….Not the government defining the Constitution

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2026: In general terms, many see the constitution of any given country as the cornerstone of law, liberty and governance that should guide generations with enduring wisdom. If this premise is anything to go by, it means that the wisdom with which our [Read More]

Three dead, hundreds displaced as severe flooding hits Freetown

August 5, 2026 0

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2026: A five-year-old girl, her mother and grandmother have died after a wall collapsed at Metchem on Monday during heavy rains that lasted for hours, local authorities have said. In nearby Juba, just 9.2km from central Freetown, over 300 homes were “completely flooded,” [Read More]

The rights of Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora are under attack in Sierra Leone – Op ed

August 5, 2026 0

Albert David KAMARA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2026: The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Alpha Sesay’s recent proposal in parliament to impose heavy restrictions on dual‑citizen Sierra Leoneans seeking parliamentary office, 24 months of physical residency, years of NASSIT contributions, five years of tax payments, and a “citizen‑by‑birth [Read More]

There is no price too high to pay for democracy in Sierra Leone – Op ed

August 5, 2026 1

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2026: Today, Wednesday, 5 August, accompanying my boss the Mayor of Freetown, I spent the entire day in Sierra Leone’s Parliament as a citizen, following the debate on the government’s proposed amendments to the 1991 multiparty Constitution. It was an important reminder [Read More]

Orders from above and the Sierra Leone Bar Association police blockade – Op ed

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: The language of obedience can turn unlawful power into routine administration. The obstruction of the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s annual meeting by the police, offers a revealing contemporary example. Corruption in Sierra Leone is often discussed in terms of theft, bribery, [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Parliament must reject the Constitutional Amendment Bill

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendment Bill will soon be voted on by parliamentarians. As I have previously written, the significance of this vote cannot be overstated. In my opinion, the two most important clauses in the Bill are in respect of the [Read More]

President Bio, Zainab Sheriff is still waiting for justice – Op ed

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2026: Mr. President, while Zainab Sheriff remains behind prison walls, her infant daughter is growing through life’s earliest months without her mother’s presence, comfort, and care. Zainab was arrested on 20 February 2026 and, on 14 April 2026, sentenced by Pademba Road [Read More]

Lessons from the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s postponed elections: Why bad precedent is a dangerous inheritance – Op ed

August 2, 2026 1

Claudius Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: The legal profession is meant to be the guardian of the rule of law. So, when the Sierra Leone Bar Association, the SLBA, postponed its own elections, the moment became about more than just dates on a calendar. It became a test [Read More]

West Africa is set to introduce the ECO single currency next year

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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: The Authority reiterates its firm commitment to the launch of the ECO in 2027 as a key instrument for deepening regional economic integration and promoting sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth within the Community. In this regard, the Authority resolved that the launch of the [Read More]

ECOWAS adopts new guidelines for regional statistical harmonization

August 2, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: On July 31, 2026, in Dakar, Senegal, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission concluded the meeting of the Directors General of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of member states. Held from July 27 to 31, 2026, this meeting was part of [Read More]

The wound no constitution amendment can heal – Op ed

July 31, 2026 1

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 July 2026: Sierra Leone is always ready to amend the Constitution. What we have never devised is a parliamentary procedure or national agenda for amending the conscience of those entrusted with upholding it. That may be the wound no Constitution can heal. We [Read More]

Courage in the Chamber: How Aminata Sesay MP exposed the truth behind the proposed amendment of Sierra Leone’s Constitution

Albert David: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: In a Parliament increasingly strained by political engineering and constitutional acrobatics, Hon. Aminata Sesay of Port Loko District delivered one of the most consequential interventions of Sierra Leone’s democratic era, a speech that did not merely challenge the government’s controversial Constitutional Amendment [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Constitutional reform should deepen democracy, not distance the People – Op ed

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: I have been following the debate in Parliament with great interest. Like many Sierra Leoneans, I spent almost the entire day on Tuesday and well into 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday listening to Members of Parliament debate the proposed amendments to our [Read More]

Personal attacks against judges are unacceptable – says American Bar Association

American Bar Association: Sierra Leone Telegraph : 30 July 2026 : The American Bar Association (ABA) strongly condemns personal attacks on judges by government officials and calls on all public officials, lawyers and citizens to reject rhetoric that targets judges or seeks to delegitimize the judiciary because of disagreement with [Read More]

Who honours the honoured?

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: Democracy does not measure leadership only by the achievements it celebrates, but also by the questions it allows citizens to ask about those achievements. The decision by Sierra Leone’s Cabinet to honour President Dr. Julius Maada Bio for his tenure as [Read More]

Fourah Bay College honours Dr. Mohamed Babatunde Cole’s legacy as bicentennial celebrations gather momentum

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: As Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone, marks its 200th anniversary, the institution has paid glowing tribute to one of its most distinguished alumni, Alhaji Dr. Ing. Mohamed Babatunde Cole, recognizing his exceptional contributions to engineering, industry, philanthropy and [Read More]

Togo sets the terms for fisheries and aquaculture reform

July 30, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: Stakeholders meeting in Lomé are validating recommendations meant to be implemented, with investment, climate resilience and the livelihoods of fishing communities at stake Fish feeds families, pays school fees and holds communities together along Togo’s coast and inland waters. Whether it continues to do [Read More]

From conviction to execution: LEAD takes stock of its first cohort and launches its second class in Rabat

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: One year after launching a continental initiative designed to make excellence in public governance the foundation of a new drive to transform Africa, LEAD, the Africa CEO Forum’s pan-African leadership programme, takes stock of its first cohort and announces the launch of its second [Read More]

Africa’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) producers turn to domestic gas as power demand shapes next investment cycle

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: Africa’s emerging gas producers are increasingly looking beyond export markets to unlock the full value of their resources. While LNG projects remain central to attracting international investment and generating foreign exchange, governments across the continent are placing greater emphasis on using natural gas to [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Parliament must reject the Constitutional Amendment Bill

President Bio, Zainab Sheriff is still waiting for justice – Op ed