At the root of governance failure and political dysfunction of Sierra Leone today, is the persistent deviation from truth and justice. The lack of these benchmark symbols, undermine the very [Read more]
Despite moves towards rights for women under King Abdullah before his death, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said the Saudi community “is not convinced about women driving”. The [Read more]
I can’t believe this madness! I just cannot believe it! What is this? What is happening to us as a people? When will reason, which has long gone out of [Read more]
You know something, while the chatter all across the country on shop floors, in markets, within business circles, and in classrooms and beer parlours as well as gatherings of compatriots [Read more]
Postcolonial Sierra Leone has experienced endless unenviable history ranging from dictatorship rule, brutal civil war, military putsches to a staggering democratic system that is riddled by graft, tribal, regional and [Read more]
Donald Trump wants American voters to believe that he is a changed man, but the only thing that has changed is his campaign team. Since he declared his candidacy, his [Read more]
On International Youth Day 2016, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) launched the Call for Applications for the Young Peacebuilders in West Africa programme. The Call is open to [Read more]
Sierra Leone has the one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with nine in 10 women and adolescent girls cut, says U.N. The death of a teenage [Read more]
The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to 776 B.C., when a cook named Coroebus won the only event–a 192-meter footrace called the stade (the origin of [Read more]
No law abiding person should condone the use of violence in any shape or form. There can be no justification of violence or riots in our community. This brings to [Read more]
The Republican Party in the US is at a major crossroad in this year’s Presidential elections. This election has presented a mirror on the world of the American Democratic system; [Read more]
When national discourse deliberately uses soft words to hide hard crimes or impunity, then you know that as a society, you are up the proverbial creek with no paddles. This [Read more]
Sierra Leone had just started its recovery, if we can call it that, from the ravages of the Ebola crisis. As if on cue, we were launched into another inconvenient [Read more]
When I said that Donald Trump is a man that needs to be examined from the neck upwards, no one listened. While some have described him as “unhinged”, others have [Read more]
Any masquerade that fails to respect its limits will have its veil removed. This unvarnished truth is coming out more forcefully in Sierra Leone’s existence as depicted by the socio-political [Read more]
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