It is regrettable but unfortunately true that Africa seems to be a synonym for a lot of life’s undesirables. The continent has been described along the lines of diseases, poverty, [Read more]
With the agility and speed of its spread, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has sent the entire world into shock. Since it emerged in humans in China in late 2019, [Read more]
No present-day living specimen, organism or specimen may have ever experienced what the world is witnessing these days; thanks to the pandemic Corona Virus. It goes without saying that pandemics [Read more]
The presidency of Maada Bio has been accused of many things and everything. But despite these, one can see a lot of snippets that may belie some of these accusations. [Read more]
Dear Mr. President, This is an open letter from a former colleague who contested with you in the last March 7, 2018 Presidential election, but more importantly from an ordinary [Read more]
Leadership is not about the next election but also about taking decisions that produce results for generations unborn; especially when you are leading a country. It was the toughest period [Read more]
An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. Images from social media show [Read more]
The election that trumpeted president Maada Bio to the 2018 election was seen a beacon of hope in post-APC government. But more than a year in office, some Sierra Leoneans [Read more]
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy (Freetown, Sierra Leone) (January 14, 2020) Location: Brookfields, Freetown “Event: Reports indicate there are currently violent confrontations between APC and SLPP supporters near APC headquarters in [Read more]
Long after President Maada Bio, his SLPP Party and government would have vacated the seat of power, historians would go to work; and his government would be remembered for many [Read more]
“The only party that represents the grassroots of this country and whose values are based on working for the common man and woman in the country”. Those were the words [Read more]
It is a new year, the end of a decade and the beginning of another.. It is the time to take stock of life in general, mark new beginnings for [Read more]
Liberian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders are heaving a sigh of relief. Following the enactment of the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (LRIFA) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [Read more]
If Sierra Leone was a patient, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan would reveal that our country is in dire need of urgent surgery to repair its image. It is [Read more]
The 2018 Report of Sierra Leone’s Auditor General – Mrs Lara Taylor Pearce, which was today tabled in parliament, makes for an unpleasant reading. The report is replete with massive [Read more]
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