The Sierra Leone Telegraph

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Amendments Bill will be voted on by parliamentarians today. The significance of this vote cannot be overstated. In my opinion, the two most important clauses in the Bill are in respect of the electoral system and the threshold

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: A constitution is more than a collection of rules. It is a covenant between the state and its citizens—a restraint on power, a guarantee of political equality, and a framework for resolving national disagreements without violence. That is why the Constitution

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2026: Honourable Members of Parliament of Sierra Leone, history remembers leaders who chose principle over expediency and the national good over political interest. The vote on the Constitutional Amendment Bill is one such moment. I appeal to you, not as partisans,

Sierra Leone’s Speaker of Parliament, Segepoh Solomon Thomas, has named Aminata Sesay, opposition APC member of parliament representing the people of Port Loko District, as a member of the newly constituted Ad hoc Parliamentary Oversight Committee for the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL).

Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2026: A few years ago, government leaders in developing countries worried about debt, unemployment, or the next election. Today, the answer is usually all of them at once, compounded by climate shocks, food and fuel crises, and rising debt

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2027: Sierra Leone investigates stolen money through commissions, hearings and sanctions. But when citizens are killed, the nation is too often met with silence, delay and unanswered questions. Now, reports that former presidents may be granted immunity threaten to turn that silence

The African Union (AU) Commission, through the African Union Border Programme (AUBP), and the German Federal Foreign Office congratulate the Republics of Zambia and Zimbabwe on the successful completion of the first phase of the Lake Kariba boundary demarcation exercise. The installation of floating

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2026: For centuries, rulers have sought protection from the consequences of their failures by shifting blame onto those around them. Under monarchies, the king was often regarded as divinely appointed and therefore beyond error. When mistakes were made, courtiers, servants, advisers, or

Ernest Bai Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone this morning returned to Freetown, after spending over two years in political exile in Abuja, Nigeria, under the auspices of President Tinubu. His return has sparked questions as to whether he is now a free

Yankuba Gbassa Kai-Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2026: John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) is best equipped to succeed President Bio and ensure he enjoys a peaceful retirement. No other aspirant has the backbone to do that. Leadership is not just about having a job. It is about courage and purpose

Freetown City Council (FCC), in partnership with HB Ltd, the Ministry of Health’s Directorate of Environmental Health and the District Health Management Team, has launched a two-day training programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of frontline healthcare workers to respond to heat-related illnesses. The

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2026: The APC–SLPP rivalry has become more than a contest for political power. Over time, it has hardened into a national habit of thought – a lens through which many citizens interpret public events, defend government decisions, assign blame, and even determine

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 July 2026: In 2021, ECOWAS adopted a maximum sulphur content of 50 parts per million (ppm) in fuel as the regional benchmark, requiring member states to transition to cleaner fuel standards aimed at reducing emissions and improving air quality. The global standard is 10ppm.