The European Union Election Observation Mission has finally published an 83-page, long awaited report on the Sierra Leone Election, 2023. The report catalogues the good, the bad and the ugly [Read more]
Many would have expected the conduct of the June 23rd elections in Sierra Leone to seal the political wrangling, gerrymandering, and politicking until another cycle. Some hoped that it would [Read more]
We are living in a world that is drowning in a wealth of information but afflicted by poverty of thought. Such a notion conjures images of social media, with all [Read more]
The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken issued a press statement on 31 August, 2023 on the visa restriction policy to be applied in Sierra Leone. Here is the [Read more]
The general election in Sierra Leone has come and gone. The drums may appear to have fallen silent, but like a swimming duck, there’s on going diplomatic gymnastics bubbling underneath [Read more]
As controversial as the question in the title might sound, Africa and especially its generations need to wrap their heads round this question. In the face of democracy as a [Read more]
It might have started long before Patrice Lumumba of the then Congo was betrayed and killed by the Belgians. Since then, the political history of Africa is known as the [Read more]
There seems to be a new political wind blowing across the Sahel, and the congealed ideologies within this wind of change is generally felt across the African continent. If the [Read more]
Depending on the lens you are using, it has been a while since Sierra Leone made positive waves on the international stage. While some maintain that like the world over, [Read more]
When violence appears to do good, it is temporary and the evil it does is permanent (M. Gandhi). Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will always make violent revolutions in [Read more]
In Part One of this article, I promised to do a Part 2 where I will present more of President Julius Maada Bio’s achievements and show how in just five [Read more]
President Biden once said during a political rally that “we choose truth over facts”, a gaffe that has since haunted his presidency to this day. That was not the first [Read more]
Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess fills political graveyards. Nothing is more attractive than loyalty. Patriotic citizens always show loyalty to their country, but to the government only [Read more]
The politics in Sierra Leone may be reaching its crescendo, but it’s the political musical chairs that is making the headlines in the rag tags and social media. After Yumkella [Read more]
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to see our politicians gate crashing religious events and prayer meetings these days in Sierra Leone. With barely two months to the general elections in [Read more]
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