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Month: February 2018

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Sierra Leone drops seven places – 2017 Transparency Report

28/02/2018 CEN

On Thursday 21 February 2018, the Transparency International 2017 Report was out and Sierra Leone was ranked 130 out of 180 countries, dropping seven places down from the 2016 report. [Read more]

Critique Column

Pen of The Voiceless: Corruption Is an Executive Order In Sierra Leone

28/02/2018 Elkass Sannoh

The just released Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that Sierra Leone is making little or no progress in ending corruption. This is because corruption in Sierra Leone, according to SLPP’s Hon. [Read more]

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RANDOM MUSING: Blinking In The Dark At The Creaking Of a Rusty Gate

28/02/2018 Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Sierra Leone’s saving grace is that God, who is cooking our communal soup, has not left the kitchen. Believe me, it does not matter who emerges as president in next [Read more]

Critique Column

That Dysfunctional Bar Association of Sierra Leone

28/02/2018 Elkass Sannoh

The Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) is a voluntary association of legal practitioners practicing law in Sierra Leone. Members of this revered association are expected to be the foot soldiers [Read more]

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Violence Is The Last Refuge Of The Incompetent.

27/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The general election in Sierra Leone is slowing inching its way to the climax. The declarations have been made. The registrations, aspirations, conventions, and nominations have all concluded. The campaign [Read more]

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YAD Wins King Hamad Award for Youth Empowerment

27/02/2018 CEN

Sunday, 25th February 2018 added another chapter to the endless pages of YAD’s success story as the organization bags the King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award 2018. The unprecedented ceremony took [Read more]

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You Can’t Shake Hands With Clenched Fists.

15/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The social media has been flooded with photos of Chinese nationals actively participating in our political discourse recently. Many people have not only found this surprising but also appalling. There [Read more]

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Big Brother: Robinson Sesay Good Actions Are Nourishment For Youths, Much More Than Words.

12/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The wind of change is blowing across the country and it seems that Makeni, which is seen by many as the hub of the APC party has not gone untouched. [Read more]

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Coalition: Where Compromise is not a Betrayal.

08/02/2018 Abdulai Mansaray

The Sierra Leone general election is slowly but surely inching its way to the climax by the minute. In the meantime, the statisticians, soothsayers, and those with the crystal balls [Read more]

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Female Circumcision Awareness Week and the Madam Yoko Festival: Interview with Dr. Fuambai Sia Ahmadu

08/02/2018 Dennis Kabatto

On Monday, February 5th to 10th 2018, Sierra Leone Women are Free to Choose (SLWAFC), a community based organization in Freetown and The National Sowie Council inaugurated its first Female [Read more]

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It is early days into the Holy Ramadan Month, during which Muslims all around the world are required to fast from dawn to dusk, throughout the month. As one of [Read more]

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The Paradox of Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy for Africa.

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When Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole nations during a meeting on the 12 January 2018, the whole of Africa’s 1.55 billion people was [Read more]

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YAD Concludes Annual TVET Graduation in Grand Style

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On January 23rd and 24th, 2024, YAD added another chapter to its ongoing youth and women’s empowerment initiatives by hosting its annual TVET graduation in a spectacular fashion. Each year, [Read more]

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The Silence of the Lambs: Why Sierra – Leone’s Legal Guardians Must Not Stand Aside: Comparative Lessons and Constitutional Theory for a Critical Moment

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n Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals themselves but the silence that has settled around them. [Read more]

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