On the face of it, the Supreme Court’s announcement that it would deliver judgement on the election case brought to the court by the plaintiff, David Fornah against NGC leader [Read more]
Democracy is not a new concept to Africa and Africans, but judging by the amount of airtime, reams of paper and number of clicks on the subject recently, you’d be [Read more]
Since the military uprising, sorry the coup in neighbouring Guinea, Sierra Leoneans have inundated social media with their views, feelings and interpretations of the whole saga, some even with wishful [Read more]
On August 19, 2020, I questioned whether the coup in Mali was a sign, “Is Africa returning to its bad old ways? (Sierra Leone Telegraph. Com, Binkongo.com). It took one [Read more]
The First Law of Economists: For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist. The Second Law of Economists: They’re both wrong. It’s no wonder that economists tend to [Read more]
Democracy demands an opposition party, and this can only be measured on the existence of an opposition. This means that the opposition in a democracy is indispensable, and not just [Read more]
There is no doubt that among the various reasons for losing the 2020 Presidential Elections, ranging from financial, moral and ethical considerations, Donald Trump’s recklessness in dealing with the pandemic [Read more]
Giving credit where credit is due is a rewarding habit to form, and the rewards can be inestimable. Dr Ernest Bai Koroma served as the Head of African Union Election [Read more]
There is growing anger for the way Afghanistan has fallen back into the hands of the Taliban. It is not surprising that most of the anger has been directed at [Read more]
Figures published by the African Development Bank, show that Sierra Leone’s economy has been seriously hurt by the COVID–19 pandemic, with real GDP estimated to contract by 2.7% in 2020 [Read more]
The former President of Cote D’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo recently returned to the country after the International Criminal Court acquitted him over charges of crimes against humanity. He was greeted by [Read more]
Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, the world has stood still. In midst of all the panic, the anger and frustrations lies buried deep, the loss of many [Read more]
There are many hot spots of social and political marginalization in post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the most notorious one had been Kenema city over the years, as successive governments constantly [Read more]
When Meghan Markle married Prince Harry, became the Duchess of Sussex and joined the privileged class of British royalty, little did she know that with such membership to such protected [Read more]
Listening to Dr. Julius Spencer on the eve of our nation’s 60th Independence anniversary elucidating the need for electoral reform and proposing proportional representation as an alternative to our present [Read more]
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