Critique Column

The Republic of Sierra Leone recently celebrated its 58th year of independence, but many have been left wondering whether it was worth all the fuss in the first place. And [Read more]

There is a usual angst when it comes to writing about public figures, especially when these figures are politicians who are caught in the eye of the storm. But it [Read more]

The most touted first year review of the current SLPP Government has indeed provoked an intense debate that is good and nourishing to our emergent democracy, which discourse had led [Read more]

Are Sierra Leoneans really confused about investigations, commissions and audit?  While the country seems to be breathing a new wave of fresh air and suffocation on the one hand; many [Read more]

There was a seeming air of optimism among many Sierra Leoneans when President Maada Bio and the leaders of the 17 opposition Parties met at State House on 1st March [Read more]

The recent political manoeuvre by President Julius Maada Bio has been hailed and lambasted in varying degrees from different political circles, using different optical prisms for obvious reasons. President Bio [Read more]

The Declaration of a State of Emergency by H.E. Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio in an attempt to seemingly address the increasing spate of the incidence of rape, has raised [Read more]

  There has been a flood of condemnation following the visit of President Bio and his entourage to The Gambia last week.  It is obvious that his visit, among other [Read more]

With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the National Youth Service (NYS) yesterday trained over fifty corp members on sexual reproductive health and rights and the demographic dividend [Read more]

There is an insidious trend of behaviour that is creeping on to our public life, and this is evidently so on our media platforms today. It has become increasingly common [Read more]

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter (M. L. King). Some political scribes may have already started writing the political obituary of [Read more]

The last general election in Sierra Leone was one of the most memorable ones in recent memory. This was largely thanks to a lot of precedents set, following the outcome [Read more]

The long awaited Commission of Enquiry in Sierra Leone is due to commence this week, and this is against the backdrop of accusations and counter-accusations that have dogged the whole [Read more]