Critique Column

No one needs a lecture to conclude that Sierra Leone’s economy is in a crisis, and has been for a long time. If Sierra Leone were a patient, and if [Read more]

Henry Cate once said that “the problem with political jokes is that they get elected”. Looking at the scenes that broke out in the Well of the Parliament of Sierra [Read more]

Elon Musk, known as the richest man in the world finally bought Twitter for $ 44 Billion, after tortuous negotiations that required the intervention from the courts. He reportedly attempted [Read more]

America has always been known as one of the high priests of democracy. History shows that America’s aim to promote democracy across the world had seen it encourage governmental and [Read more]

British politics is in danger of becoming the world’s most revered comedy show on the planet. What makes this unenviable accolade glaringly true is the fact that, Britain’s inglorious past [Read more]

The headquarters of Youth in Action for Development (YAD) in Kenema is now overwhelmed  with intellectual euphoria as their leading German partner, Fambul Tik e.V., broke the news of the [Read more]

Many people regard journalism as the vanguard of information. Sadly, “fake news” has taken a firm grip on the respiratory organs of news media and outlets. This is more so [Read more]

The condemnation of the violence that led to the sad death of our compatriots-both security personnel and civilians and damage to private property and state infrastructure during the recent protests [Read more]

Looking at the social media clips on Wednesday August 10 this year, you cannot help but conjure the memories of the January 6th massacre, which left an indelible mark on [Read more]

President Julius Maada Bio sacked his head of the nation’s Police force, Inspector General (I.G) Ambrose Sovula this week. Social media, rumour merchants, gossip entrepreneurs and political wordsmiths have had [Read more]

With President Bio’s official first term in office ticking down, to the average SLPP supporter or sympathiser, President Bio is a “sure ball” for a second presidential term. The APC [Read more]

The past few months have been extremely difficult for us Sierra Leoneans. The grumblings about difficulties in making ends meet have been constantly aired out in the open in discussions [Read more]

There is a universally held notion that democracy is the best form of government, thanks to the definition that it is the government of the people, by the people and [Read more]