In Focus

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2025: Sierra Leone’s role in international cocaine trafficking is once again under scrutiny, after reports revealed yesterday that one of Europe’s most-wanted fugitives, has been living in Sierra Leone with the knowledge of President Bio, for about six months. According to Reuters report, Jos Leijdekkers, [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2025: The cocaine trafficking scandal that has engulfed Sierra Leone has taken a dramatic turn, with Guinea declaring Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the country, Alimamy Bangura, persona non grata. The Guinean government has ordered Ambassador Bangura to leave its territory, a decision [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 December 2024: Today, I write with a heavy heart to remind Sierra Leoneans of a painful chapter in the history of one of our own ethnic groups, the Fula people. The events of December 15, 2024, have resurrected bitter memories that no one [Read More]

Alhaji Imam Alusine Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2024: Today, we share a heart-rending story of Mariama Sow, an innocent eight-year-old girl whose life has been shattered by a heinous crime that demands immediate action. Mariama, a student at Spring Water Primary School in Mabrown Village, Newton, Waterloo, was [Read More]

Alhaji Imam Alusine Khairaba Mansaray: Siera Leone Telegraph: 21 November 2024: In recent times, the street railings or guards constructed at Lumley Street in Freetown have proven to be a tragic hazard to public safety. Since last year, four lives have been claimed due to electrocution, the most recent victim [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2024: A group of prominent scientists, advocates and policy leaders have issued an open letter to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell as world leaders gather in Baku for COP29. The signatories of this letter are friends of the COP and believe [Read More]

Mayor Eduardo Paes & Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 November 2024 Climate change isn’t waiting—and neither can we. Around the world the climate crisis is at risk of becoming a political football with some nations no longer the reliable climate allies they once were. If this month’s G20 [Read More]

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 September 2024: The Paris Agreement on climate change is a decade old this month.  While there has been progress – with new net zero pledges and new technological solutions, we are still grappling with the reality that global temperatures continue to soar.  2023 was [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2024: The five 2024 Earthshot Prize Winners were announced yesterday, at a star-studded awards ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Billy Porter and award-winning television presenter Bonang Matheba. The 2024 Winners, selected from this year’s 15 Earthshot [Read More]