The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2026: Following last week’s political showdown in Sierra Leone’s parliament which saw the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party, walking out of debate to amend the country’s 1991 Constitution that will see the introduction of sweeping changes, including the lowering of the voting threshold for [Read More]

Albert Olangba Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: A developing constitutional dispute in Sierra Leone is raising serious questions about the future of the country’s multiparty democracy, the independence of its electoral system and the safeguards governing amendments to the 1991 Constitution. The controversy follows the Sierra Leone Government’s [Read More]

Gibril Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: Sierra Leoneans have every right to ask uncomfortable questions about President Julius Maada Bio’s latest cabinet reshuffle. At the centre of those questions is the appointment of Karefa A. F. Kargbo as Minister of Finance, at a moment when the country is [Read More]

Kabs Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: For peace to reign in any country, the President and his followers must love and cherish peace. Peace does not begin in the streets. It begins at the very top. A country can have peace agreements, security forces, courts, constitutions and diplomatic [Read More]

Dr Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: I have read the statement issued by the All Peoples Congress on the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill 2025. I support it. I support the constitutional guarantee of a minimum of thirty percent representation for women in political [Read More]

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Only amateurs wait until election day to rig an election. By then, ballots are being watched, observers are present, citizens are alert, and political positions have hardened. The more sophisticated contest begins much earlier—when the rules are written, institutions are positioned, [Read More]

Sylvester Sheku Suaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s Parliament was plunged into one of its most consequential constitutional confrontations in years on Monday, August 10, as opposition lawmakers walked out of the chamber after the Speaker ruled that Parliament could decide individual provisions of a constitutional amendment [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2026: No one said that today, 10th August 2026, was going to be a normal day for the people of Sierra Leone, as members of parliament met to discuss and vote on whether to accept the government’s proposed Constitution Amendment Bill 2025. There was going [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2026: Sierra Leone’s main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) has this evening responded to president Bio’s appeal to all political parties to support the proposed constitutional amendments that will be voted on in parliament tomorrow, 10th August 2026, including a move away from the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2026: As the people of Sierra Leone brace themselves for what is to come from parliament tomorrow Monday 10th August 2026, after members of parliament would have further debated and voted on the proposed new constitution, the president was on national television this morning explaining [Read More]

Basita Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2026: Looking at the drama surrounding the proposed constitutional amendments, one would think we were living in the days of George Washington, surrounded by political leaders so restrained by constitutional principle that the Constitution itself was in no danger from those entrusted with [Read More]

Albert David KAMARA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2026: In the well‑lit chamber of Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday, Friday 7th August 2026, President Julius Maada Bio delivered a speech that, on paper, radiated optimism, stability, and national progress. The speech that echoed through empty stomachs. Parliament heard a speech; the [Read More]