The advent of social media at face value, should be a blessing and a rod of enlightenment. Before social media, the manufacturing, dissemination and consumption of information was totally controlled [Read more]
"To solve Sierra Leone’s democratic woes, it is not Maada Bio but Ernest Bai Koroma who must go. Sierra Leone’s problem is not just with Government. We have absence of [Read more]
It is estimated that about 170 million people make up the African diaspora. But the Africa is yet to unleash the full potential of this group on the continent. Despite [Read more]
The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was seized and detained with his Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by the military yesterday. Initial reports indicate that what started as a mutiny [Read more]
“Government of Sierra Leone explores development of domestic air travel” (thesierraleonetelegraph.com-10/08/20). This was one headline in the Sierra Leone Telegraph that caught my eye this week. According to the newspaper, [Read more]
Priscilla Schwartz, a Sierra Leonean lawyer is the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone. Her appointment was greeted as a statement of intent by many; that Bio’s [Read more]
Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, life has changed beyond recognition as we know it. But one thing that has not changed and will never change is the [Read more]
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel and sedition. It has been hailed as a historic [Read more]
The loss of lives in Makeni over the weekend is not only sad but equally avoidable. With the social and political atmosphere heavily saturated by the whiff of injustice the [Read more]
Since the former Defence, and Interior Minister was arrested and charged, among others with treason, the trial-by-social-media and in the court of public opinion has been in overdrive. The court [Read more]
George Floyd has been laid to rest and may he rest in peace. But his memories are sure to linger on forever, and not just be another hashtag #. He [Read more]
I sob, I weep and cry “Black Lives Matter”. You rave, you rant and shout “All Lives Matter” But if “All Lives Matter” Why would “Black Lives Matter”? [Read more]
When I go down on my knees, in prayer and protest. You kneel on my neck, in hatred and conquest. That my prayers and protests are un-American You dish [Read more]
Just when you think that Sierra Leone has had enough COVID on its plate, up pops another controversy. Our country has just played host to a sizeable number of its [Read more]
The internet was seen as the best thing to happen to mankind since slice bread. That notion has become increasingly so, since social media got in the mix. No need [Read more]
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