Year: 2015

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.(Marcus Garvey). It was with a heavy heart that I read about the [Read more]

In a previous article, I implored Rtd. Brigadier Maada Bio to renounce violence in his name. Reports reaching most media outlets, especially those in the diaspora have contended that Maada’s [Read more]

I have passed the age of playing peacock for anybody or ideal. So I’m going to simply say that every Sierra Leonean who reads this piece and does not get [Read more]

The Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is active and productive in many countries across the western world except in Germany. Even when the party was in power for more than [Read more]

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Honourable Augustine Bockarie Torto, who passed away peacefully on Friday 9th October 2015 at 01:30 hours. This sad event [Read more]

‘EBOVAC-Salone’, a clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a new vaccine against Ebola, has started with the vaccination of the first volunteers. The first volunteers to be [Read more]

Sierra Leone like all other nations in the world, will be observing World Mental Health Day with the theme for this year: “Dignity in mental health.” World Mental Health Day [Read more]

While the United Nations was executing the second day of its 70th General Debate, an estimated 300 distinguished guests including African and US leaders and top diplomats came together to [Read more]

The recent floods in our country have generated so much in the media that one cannot avoid its impact on especially the lives of those directly affected. It goes without [Read more]

Circumstances, it is said, are like a mattress, if you are on top, you rest easy; but if you are underneath, you suffocate. The other day, our president was begging [Read more]

Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella has been appointed as one of the commissioners of the new Global Energy Transition Commission. Kandeh is the only African to be appointed to the Commission, [Read more]

When Sierra Leone’s President Ernest B. Koroma delivers his address on Tuesday at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he will face a concerted protest by [Read more]

Former US President Jimmy Carter, a one-term president in the late 1970’s, is one of those American presidents whose contributions on the world stage will always be recognized and appreciated [Read more]