Critique Column

I am not really dumb enough to draw from my realm of imagination, the fanciful idea that the contraption presently known and called Sierra Leone, is anything near the entity [Read more]

An African proverb says that what the dog sees and barks at, the sheep has already seen and remained silent.    We are travelling a familiar road. That pathway of [Read more]

Corruption has always been seen as worse than prostitution. But while prostitution might endanger the morals of an individual, corruption invariably endangers the morals of an entire country. Let no [Read more]

RightsWay International Accuses Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commissioner of being bias and calls for his resignation over missing ebola funds scandal. The Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara has been [Read more]

There is always the tendency for constitutions to become the ultimate tyranny. Sometimes, they can be used as social power mobilised with no conscience. If used wrongly, they can have [Read more]

The following are 4 reasons why this Huffington Post article on female circumcision, misnomered as Female Genital Mutilation by opponents, making its rounds on Sierra Leone listservs and social media over [Read more]

His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, State House, Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone   Mr. President,   You will recall that in several [Read more]

As the tide of the Ebola virus is beginning to recede with Pujehun and Bonthe confirming Zero cases in 42 days, many Sierra Leoneans are now breathing a sigh of [Read more]

You could feel the sigh of relief and if you try a bit harder, you could palpate it as well. Imagine the number of “thank God”, “praise the lord”, “praise [Read more]

This is the kind of moral and ethical ingredients one would wish to see in society’s book of recipes to cook a very tasty dish of democracy. You would need [Read more]

Happy new year to every Sierra Leonean, directly and by proxy.   The beginning of a New Year is usually a period that most people let go of the unfulfilled [Read more]

The Ebola virus has and still is claiming thousands of innocent Africans, mostly women and children. Sadly enough, all information leading to its true origin remain fairy-tales.  We have to [Read more]

It was Chinese philosopher, Confucius who said: “If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will soon find sorrow near at hand.”   As 2015 rolls in, [Read more]