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Part 1: Reassessing the “Lost Opportunity” Argument — A More Realistic Valuation of the 1980 OAU Summit Expenditure One of the strongest arguments made in comparing the 1980 OAU Summit [Read more]

The APC–SLPP rivalry has become more than a contest for political power. Over time, it has hardened into a national habit of thought—a lens through which many citizens interpret public [Read more]

There is perhaps no greater trust that a nation can repose in one of its citizens than the office of its Chief Executive—whether called President, Prime Minister or by any [Read more]

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which”. This excerpt [Read more]

Some deaths announce themselves not merely as the passing of a person, but as the falling of a curtain on an era. The death of Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray feels [Read more]

The APC–SLPP rivalry has become more than a contest for political power. Over time, it has hardened into a national habit of thought—a lens through which many citizens interpret public [Read more]

One of the strongest arguments made in comparing the 1980 OAU Summit with the 2026 ECOWAS Summit is the claim that Sierra Leone sacrificed a historic economic opportunity by spending [Read more]

In May 1789, Louis XVI summoned to Versailles a full meeting of the “Estates General”. The First Estate consisted of three hundred Nobles. The Second Estate, three hundred Clergy. The [Read more]

Sierra Leone’s 2028 general election might sound like light years away, just like how a day or week in politics could be a long time. The cyclical life span of [Read more]

The 55% threshold in Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was no arithmetic accident. It was a deliberate act of political design—an attempt by the framers to confront, rather than merely ignore, [Read more]

I stopped publishing articles in my widely read Critique Column for some time due to the enormous responsibilities I carry at the moment as the head of an institution that [Read more]

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]

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]