I read someone describing President Koroma, who, in a thinly disguised indignation, called agitators against the growing socio-economic plight of the people, irritants, as the last Pele. How sad. Because [Read more]
There is a saying that sometimes, “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt”. [Read more]
The Kono descendants have called for a worldwide demonstration on the 23/04/16 at the offices of Tiffany & Co in London. According to information, Tiffany & Co is sharing a [Read more]
KONO DISTRICT DESCENDANTS WORLDWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST OCTEA MINING AND TIFFANY & CO. KONO DISTRICT DESCENDANTS are calling for a global demonstration this Saturday, 23rd April 2016 to protest Tiffany & [Read more]
The one painful conclusion that came to mind during my recent visit to Sierra Leone was that the original model is beyond broken, it is shattered. Today, we are a [Read more]
I arrived back in Berlin 2 hours ago after a very short but happy trip to the historic city of Rome, Italy. Italy is the only major country within the [Read more]
In 2003, Octéa, formerly Koidu Holdings S.A, won the right to explore what is the present day Tonguma Limited concession in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom in the Kenema District. After [Read more]
First published in the Rights and Resources edition of the Perspectives Africa series of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Introduction When a diamond mining company closed its operations in Mofuwe Village, in the [Read more]
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, the Sierra Leonean award-winning journalist, author, chair of the African Socialist Movement of Sierra Leone and human rights advocate arrived in New York City late Wednesday [Read more]
For those untainted by ethnic, religious and socio-political colouration, and who can discern between reason and sentiment, peace and war, love and hate, civility and incivility, our democracy has become [Read more]
if the ‘’eyes’’ of a nation are those that allow the nation to see right from wrong then it is obvious that Sierra Leone started losing her sight many years [Read more]
For too long, we have been playing jazz music for Azonto enthusiast, which is why the suffocating level of poverty has started to open the ‘’eyes’’ of those whose only [Read more]
Fourah Bay College lecturers have started an indefinite stay-at-home strike over pay and conditions. They say the central Govt had reneged on an agreement reached with them five years ago [Read more]
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