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Month: June 2016

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Condoning Corporate Malfeasance in Large Scale Land Acquisitions: Is Sierra Leone becoming the “wild west”?

28/06/2016 Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone

I read with dismay a report in the Awoko Newspaper of 23 June 2016 captioned “Police stops EPA from closing ALA, Carmanor.” According to the report, two agriculture companies, African [Read more]

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The Hunter’s Whistle.

28/06/2016 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

If an idol begins to wield excessive powers, you show it the wood it was carved from. That is exactly what seventeen million British have demonstrated by the decision to [Read more]

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Bo School Boy Languishing, Struggling With Stroke

22/06/2016 Bai-Bai Sesay

A hardworking and proud former student of Bo School; Mr. Alex Jonjo Allie also known as ‘Alexandra The Great’ who was an eye of admiration for many Sierra Leoneans is [Read more]

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Vanity Trumps Utility In The Den Of Iniquity.

19/06/2016 CEN

When your clothes are made of cassava leaves, you don’t take a goat as a friend. We all seem to think for ourselves and our assumed enclaves only, rather than [Read more]

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We Are Committed to Mamamah Airport Project – President Koroma Tells Chinese Delegation

19/06/2016 State House Communication Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has reiterated government’s commitment towards the construction of the Mamamah International Airport during a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of the Peoples [Read more]

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The Problem With Political Jokes is They Get Elected.

06/06/2016 Abdulai Mansaray

It is very easy to conclude that the American Presidential Election is between Democrats and Republicans, or Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This year’s election goes farther than that. For [Read more]

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Skin Bleaching is Dangerous, Stop It Please!!!

05/06/2016 Denrele Animasaun, Vanguard

“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness”-Marcus Garvey Two years ago, I wrote about the bleaching epidemic in Nigeria and [Read more]

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YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

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On January 23rd and 24th, 2024, YAD added another chapter to its ongoing youth and women’s empowerment initiatives by hosting its annual TVET graduation in a spectacular fashion. Each year, [Read more]

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The Silence of the Lambs: Why Sierra – Leone’s Legal Guardians Must Not Stand Aside: Comparative Lessons and Constitutional Theory for a Critical Moment

25/01/2026

n Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. [Read more]

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Democracy After Empire: George M. Carew’s Case for Deliberation in Postcolonial Africa

25/01/2026

A familiar strain of Western political theory has long portrayed African states as inherently incapable of self-government—an outlook that endured both the rhetoric of colonial “civilizing missions” and the administrative [Read more]

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BARMAGEDDON- (An E-Bar Exclusive) 004: A Constitution Rewritten for Order, Not for Liberty

25/01/2026

There is a peculiar habit in young democracies. They rewrite their constitutions not when liberty is openly threatened, but when authority feels insufficiently secure. The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) [Read more]

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