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About Bai-Bai Sesay
Bai-Bai Sesay is the current Editor of the Independent Observer newspaper after serving as Deputy Editor from mid-2002-2008. From 2002-2008, he was responsible for the newspaper’s day to day administration with many years of experience in the field of journalism both locally and internationally. He joined Independent Observer newspaper from the Eastern Post newspaper, a regional newspaper based in the eastern part of Sierra Leone. He is also the editor of the Expo Times online at www.expotimesonline.net. Sesay is also working for international media outlets such as the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) based in Ghana, Internews Agency in the United States of America (USA) and Expo Times newspaper publish online. He is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and several international organizations including the Society for Environmental Journalists based in the United States of America (USA) and member of the Center for International Media Ethnics (CIME). He holds a Diploma at the London School of Journalism (LSJ) and attended several local and international training programmes in almost all areas of journalism. Sesay holds certificates in Feature Writing Course in Johannesburg- South Africa, Reporting on Regional Integration in West Africa in Accra, Ghana, Journalism Training Programme on HIV/AIDS in Toronto, Canada, Newspaper Management and Marketing in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Revenue Management-June 2003 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Reporting the Environment in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Reporting Business in Freetown, Sierra Leone, General Sports Reporting in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Election Courage Workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone, ‎Sesay won several awards including Best Development Journalism in 2009, Best report on ICT in 2010 and 3rd prize in an essay competition for journalists in celebration of World Press Freedom Day in 2012 organized by the United States Embassy in Sierra Leone. Some may find it difficult to believe that this locally and internationally acclaimed journalist who edits locally and internationally reputable newspapers was born in Lunsar town in the Port Loko district, northern Sierra Leone. He attended the Sierra Leone Church Primary School in Lunsar Town, Schlenker Secondary School in Port Loko town and ‎The Bo Government Secondary School (known as Bo School) in Bo city. He is married with five children- three boys and two girls.
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Mental Health: The Silent Crisis in Sierra Leone

09/10/2015 Bai-Bai Sesay

Sierra Leone like all other nations in the world, will be observing World Mental Health Day with the theme for this year: “Dignity in mental health.” World Mental Health Day [Read more]

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Africa and the Fifty Shades of Democracy to Make Africa Great Again.

10/05/2025

Donald Trump and Ibrahim Traore are two leaders who could be best described as “Strange Bedfellows”. Despite being similarly different, their common denominators are viewed through different lenses and prisms.  [Read more]

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True Independence & Freedom Can Only Exist In Doing What Is Right.

30/04/2025

It was 64 years last Sunday when Sierra Leone gained its independence from its colonial master, Great Britain. It marked the end of an era and the dawn of another. [Read more]

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There Will Never be World Peace Until Imperialism is Dead: Hands Off Ibrahim Traore.

29/04/2025

There is no better time for African Unity than now. On April 2, General Michael Langley, a United States (US) Marine Corps, who became the sixth Commander of United States [Read more]

Africa

USA: A great generation is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from Within

23/04/2025

 Donald J Trump believes that he has the magic formula to bring back the glory days and “Make America Great Again” (MAGA). Since the Second World War, America was never [Read more]

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