The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2025: The inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana presented a profound moment for reflection. With dignitaries and leaders from across the region in attendance, the occasion symbolized the triumph of democracy, and the reaffirmation of good governance built on integrity, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2024: Will the grieving families of hundreds of unarmed citizens killed by the security forces in Sierra Leone since 2018, ever receive justice? On Christmas Day, the President of Sierra Leone and his family staged a spectacular and lavish party at State Lodge for their [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2024: The whereabouts of one of Sierra Leone’s popular journalists – Thomas Dixon, remains uncertain, after the country’s Inspector General of Police – Fayia Sellu, threatened to have him arrested. According to the Inspector General of Police, Thomas Dixon had accused him of “arrogance” – [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 December 2024: Sierra Leone today faces an extremely worrying situation, one that threatens the very foundation of the rule of law in the country’s fragile democracy. At the heart of this crisis is the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Faya Sellu, whose actions, [Read More]

Sierra Eye: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday voted by a two-thirds majority (100/136) of members present to approve the removal of Auditor-General Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh, marking a significant and controversial development in the country’s governance. Earlier in the session, the Clerk [Read More]

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: Sierra Leone witnessed a deeply unsettling moment in its history yesterday when Parliament voted to remove Auditor General Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh, from office. The decision came after years of scrutiny and allegations that they had failed to uphold [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: 18 December 2024: The Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) has officially submitted its 2023 Auditor-General’s Annual Report on the Accounts of Sierra Leone to Parliament. This report, covering the fiscal year that ended on December 31, 2023, was presented to lawmakers last week, and will soon be [Read More]

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2024: Rebranding is a marketing strategy that involves changing a company’s identity to create a new brand image. For example, developing a new name, logo or symbol. Rebranding a country is the process of re-developing and marketing a place to give it a [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2024: The Fullah Progressive Union (FPU) strongly denounces the wave of harassment, ethnic profiling, and wrongful detention of peaceful Fullah Sierra Leoneans, which began on Sunday, December 15, 2024, in Freetown and has now reportedly spread to Waterloo, Kono, and other parts [Read More]

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2024: The recent deportation of Sierra Leoneans from Guinea has triggered a retaliatory response from the Sierra Leonean government. This reaction has manifested in the arbitrary arrest and deportation of Guineans – or Sierra Leoneans mistakenly identified as Guineans – back across [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2024: Sierra Leone stands on the precipice of despair, its people gasping for breath under the weight of a system built on lies, corruption, and gross mismanagement. President Julius Maada Bio and his government, along with a complicit international community, have treated [Read More]