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The Executive Is Not a Conveyor Belt — Why Proportional Representation Fails the Test

30/10/2025 Pa Kaprr Yoni Emmanuel Sesay

The debate over proportional representation (PR) has resurfaced with vigour in Sierra Leone, stirred by comments from the Executive branch and framed by Andrew Keili’s “Ponder My Thoughts.” It is [Read more]

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WE WHO VOWED: SHAME ON US

16/10/2025 A Review by Hassan Arouni

There are times when a poem arrives like a visitation — not simply as art, but as revelation. Oumar Farouk Sesay’s We Who Vowed: Shame on Us is such a [Read more]

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WE WHO VOWED: SHAME ON US

16/10/2025 By Oumar Farouk Sesay

“But above all, the damn agony of appealing to their patience Africa beware! Their patience is running out!”   — Syl Cheney-Coker, “The Peasant”   It is now our turn [Read more]

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How Do You Solve a Problem Called Jagaban?

08/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

Mohamed Omodu Kamara (MOK), popularly known as Jagaban may have come to the political arena comparatively recently, but he has been hugging the political headlines already. If this was a [Read more]

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How Did Sierra Leone Become So Culturally Bankrupt ?

07/10/2025 By Soohd Komeh

Ishmael Dyfan, aka Petit Mariano, and the great Brima Mazolla Kamara became Sierra Leone’s first professional footballers when they joined Africa Sport D’Abijan of Ivory Coast. Soon after, East End [Read more]

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War and Drugs: The Double Jeopardy of Sierra Leone’s Youth.

06/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

When Sierra Leone weaned itself from the boorish, barbarous and inhuman decade- long war of the 90s, many hoped that it will be the end of savagery in our society. [Read more]

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Windfall for the Youth in the Eastern Region!

06/10/2025 CEN

Digital Literacy for Youth Economic Empowerment in Sierra Leone  YAD is set to enroll 80 deserving youths in advanced ICT training. This program is jointly supported by the International Trade [Read more]

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The Impossible Tide of Globalisation in Sierra Leone.

02/10/2025 Abdulai Mansaray

“Couldn’t place a call. Make sure your device has internet connection and try again”. (WhatsApp call). “The number you’re calling is either switched off or outside coverage area” (Direct phone [Read more]

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The Constitutional Reform That Deforms the APC Party

02/10/2025 By Pa Kaprr Yoni Emmanuel Sesay

The All People’s Congress (APC) was never intended as a conventional political party. From its inception, it was conceived as a remedy for Sierra Leone’s chronic political and social ailments. [Read more]

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CELEBRATING S.B.B. DUMBUYA AT 80 — The Teacher Who Formed a Generation

29/11/2025

This week, Mr. Sheku Badara Bashiru Dumbuya, affectionately known to thousands of former pupils simply as SBB, turned 80 years old.   Eighty is a milestone that invites reflection—not only [Read more]

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CONVERTING MINES MINISTER MATTIA’S OP-ED ON SIMANDOU INTO ACTION

25/11/2025

When Minister Julius Daniel Mattia wrote his op-ed on Guinea’s Simandou 2040, he was not just offering congratulations across a friendly border. His words carried the rhythm of an older [Read more]

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THE WOMAN PRESIDENT. NEXT.

25/11/2025

Two important questions women (and men allies), especially those in politics, should and must ask in preparation for Sierra Leone’s 2028 elections are these: 1) If there are no SLPP, [Read more]

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Beyond Inspiration: Mining Governance in Sierra Leone and the Missed Lessons of Simandou 2040

25/11/2025

On 12 November 2025, I read with interest an op-ed reflection shared on WhatsApp by Sierra Leone’s Honourable Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Julius Daniel Mattai, titled “Mining a [Read more]

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