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Ugandan Human Rights Attorney Rebuffs Police Summons for Questioning

21/09/2019 Dennis Kabatto

Human Rights and Uganda Journalists Association attorney Eron Kizza was a no show Wednesday at Kibuli Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) where he was ordered for an interview and record [Read more]

Latest Post

Make No Mistake, Our Landscape Has Not Changed, Simply a Forlorn Hope.

18/09/2019 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

It is slightly difficult to disentangle the signal from the cacophony on the socio-economic hardship and the guerrilla warfare of our politics. However, the predatory form of politics which stimulates [Read more]

Critique Column

The Cost of Growth Takes Just a Small Act of Violence.

18/09/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Sierra Leone’s modern day history will never be complete without a mention of our passing acquaintance with violence. But this is not to give the impression that we are a [Read more]

Critique Column

Like Corruption, Is Social Justice A Cancer?

12/09/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Sierra Leone is fast becoming a nation, loaded with paradoxical ironies. These paradoxical ironies do not only manifest themselves in the relationships between our rich mineral resources and abject poverty, [Read more]

Africa

Kholwani Nyathi, editor at the Standard corroborates Amnesty’s report of human rights abuses

08/09/2019 Dennis Kabatto

Notwithstanding the fact that Zimbabweans are protesting poor public services, high cost of living, daily power cuts, delays in civil servants salary payments and suppression of freedom of expression, Zimbabwe’s [Read more]

Africa

Cry My Beloved Country

08/09/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Africa is unquestionably a beautiful continent, with wonderful landscapes, good climate and all the beauty that nature has to offer. Sadly, the continent is more often than not remembered for [Read more]

Breaking News

President Julius Maada Bio extols women soldiers, warns them against politics in Sierra Leone

08/09/2019 CEN

His Excellency, Brigadier General (Rtd) Dr Julius Maada Bio, President of The Republic of Sierra Leone and Commander-In-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, RSLAF, has warned women [Read more]

Breaking News

Anti-Corruption Commission presents 2018 Annual Report, updates President Julius Maada Bio on major achievements

08/09/2019 CEN

The Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC, has met at State House to present its 2018 Annual Report to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio in accordance with Section 19(1) of the [Read more]

Critique Column

Better a Slave in Heaven, than a King in Hell.

02/09/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

Sierra Leone may not be many people’s idea of heaven, but it looks like recent events in the country have drawn attention to such a debate. The situation in our [Read more]

Latest Post

Youth Ministray Receives Delegation from Qatar

02/09/2019 CEN

The Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Hon. Lusine Kallon, has told the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) delegation that their visit to Sierra Leone will now send a strong message [Read more]

Critique Column

Don’t Flaunt your Deformity by Wearing Short Trousers.

26/08/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

It is an undeniable fact, that Sierra Leone is a rich country; but also paradoxically true that it is one of the poorest countries in the world. If such an [Read more]

Latest Post

Finance Minister, Jacob Jusu Saffa Faces Calls to be Sacked: Discuss

09/08/2019 Abdulai Mansaray

The Finance Minister, Mr Jacob Jusu Saffa (JJ Blood) is having the spotlight trained on him, for what some people see as his failure to revive the economy. Some have [Read more]

Critique Column

Sierra Leone’s Finance Minister Fights for His Job Amid Serious Economic Malaise

09/08/2019 Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance – Jacob Jusu Saffa is today fighting to keep his job, as pressure mounts on president Julius Maada Bio to transfer him to another ministerial [Read more]

Latest Post

National Youth Service Trains Graduate Corps in Bo, Lunsar

06/08/2019 Elkass Sannoh

With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the National Youth Service (NYS) has embarked on capacity building training on sexual reproductive health and rights and the demographic dividend. [Read more]

Latest Post

Sierra Leone minister of mines and mineral resources debunks reports of “licenses cancelations” as fictional, fake news

06/08/2019 Dennis Kabatto

Mr. Foday Rado Yokie, minister of mines and mineral resources said Sunday reports of “cancelations or suspensions of several mining licenses” by reputable news organizations including London Financial Times and [Read more]

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Did Jaiama Sewafe Get an Early “Salmafo” from The SLPP Bio Government?

01/03/2026

It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of [Read more]

Critique Column

The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy for Africa.

01/03/2026

When Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole nations during a meeting on the 12 January 2018, the whole of Africa’s 1.55 billion people was [Read more]

Breaking News

YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

26/01/2026

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]

Critique Column

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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