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Sierra Leone drops seven places – 2017 Transparency Report

28/02/2018 CEN

On Thursday 21 February 2018, the Transparency International 2017 Report was out and Sierra Leone was ranked 130 out of 180 countries, dropping seven places down from the 2016 report. [Read more]

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Pen of The Voiceless: Corruption Is an Executive Order In Sierra Leone

28/02/2018 Elkass Sannoh

The just released Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that Sierra Leone is making little or no progress in ending corruption. This is because corruption in Sierra Leone, according to SLPP’s Hon. [Read more]

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RANDOM MUSING: Blinking In The Dark At The Creaking Of a Rusty Gate

28/02/2018 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Sierra Leone’s saving grace is that God, who is cooking our communal soup, has not left the kitchen. Believe me, it does not matter who emerges as president in next [Read more]

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That Dysfunctional Bar Association of Sierra Leone

28/02/2018 Elkass Sannoh

The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) is a voluntary association of legal practitioners practicing law in Sierra Leone. Members of this revered association are expected to be the foot soldiers [Read more]

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Violence Is The Last Refuge Of The Incompetent.

27/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The general election in Sierra Leone is slowing inching its way to the climax. The declarations have been made. The registrations, aspirations, conventions, and nominations have all concluded. The campaign [Read more]

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YAD Wins King Hamad Award for Youth Empowerment

27/02/2018 CEN

Sunday, 25th February 2018 added another chapter to the endless pages of YAD’s success story as the organization bags the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award 2018. The unprecedented ceremony took [Read more]

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You Can’t Shake Hands With Clenched Fists.

15/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The social media has been flooded with photos of Chinese nationals actively participating in our political discourse recently. Many people have not only found this surprising but also appalling. There [Read more]

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Big Brother: Robinson Sesay Good Actions Are Nourishment For Youths, Much More Than Words.

12/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The wind of change is blowing across the country and it seems that Makeni, which is seen by many as the hub of the APC party has not gone untouched. [Read more]

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Coalition: Where Compromise is not a Betrayal.

08/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The Sierra Leone general election is slowly but surely inching its way to the climax by the minute. In the meantime, the statisticians, soothsayers, and those with the crystal balls [Read more]

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Female Circumcision Awareness Week and the Madam Yoko Festival: Interview with Dr. Fuambai Sia Ahmadu

08/02/2018 Dennis Kabatto

On Monday, February 5th to 10th 2018, Sierra Leone Women are Free to Choose (SLWAFC), a community based organization in Freetown and The National Sowie Council inaugurated its first Female [Read more]

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Farewell to a Trailblazer – Dr Kadi Sesay (1949–2025)

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Dr Kadi Sesay, feminist, scholar, politician, and pro-democracy advocate, passed away in the United States after a prolonged illness. She was 76. Family sources confirmed her death after a prolonged [Read more]

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In A War Of Egos, The Loser Always Wins

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The fallout from the “bromance” between Trump and Elon Musk was just a matter of time before the final blowout. Recent reports about the implosion between the most powerful man [Read more]

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An article titled “SLPP accused of planning to steal 2028 elections by creating new electoral districts in its stronghold and Freetown” (thesierraleonetelegraph.com (May 29-2025) seems to invoke post 2023 general [Read more]

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An Idiot’s Guide to Winning an Election.

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If a week is a long time in politics, think of what five years in opposition feels like. After a 10 year stint in power, the APC Party found itself [Read more]

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