Critique Column
“Politics is Show Business for Ugly People.
The scheduled elections for 2017 are a long way off and we know that a week in politics is a long time. But our current political landscape is flooded with [Read more]
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UN Observes Africa-NEPAD Week 2013
Every year, five UN offices including the African Union’s (AU) New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the Economic Commission on Africa, the Africa [Read more]
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Heads Rolling in EBK’s Government Due to Incompetence and Immorality
His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma continues to confirm to his nation that, in his Government, no officials, in whatever capacity, should consider themselves sacred cows. Simply put, this [Read more]
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Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella: Hype or Hip? An Ppinion Piece
An article in the standard Times press (online) –“ Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella: the diplomat versus the candidate…the man who could be the right successor of President E.B. Koroma”, by Donald [Read more]
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“THINGS FALL APART”- REVISITED.
One of the greatest books that were ever inked from the nib of an African pen was “Things Fall Apart” by the late Chinua Achebe. This book has not only [Read more]
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Al-Shabaab Might be a Threat to Sierra Leone’s National Security
Al-Shabaab, or "The Youth," is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group and a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia. The group, also [Read more]
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Mr. President, Beware of Thy Legacy
Did you watch the last National Democratic Convention before the last term of Barack Obama’s re-election? It was pulsating, electrifying and magnetic. To most political pundits and commentators, the message [Read more]
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RANDOM MUSING: Is It Getting ‘Hot’ in the Arctic?
Intentions, even the best of them, do not necessarily guarantee success. As our politics continues to thrive on the thickening stench of falsehood, the unintended consequences of spin as [Read more]
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Democracy Is Not the Law of the Majority, but the Protection of the Minority
In a newspaper article written by Mr. Abdul Fonti (thenewpeople.com, 06/10/13), the author questions whether the President, Dr. Bai Ernest Koroma was becoming a DICTATOR. According to the article, “President [Read more]
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Let the Imams Leave Moijue Kaikai Alone, Hajj Should be Performed in Peace, Not by Force
"Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House: "Associate not anything in worship with Me; and sanctify my House for those who compass it round, or stand [Read more]
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Sierra Leone Needs Trade, Not Aid
The political climate in Sierra Leone today as it has been in many generations before is that reform or the new agenda for prosperity means borrowing more money from the [Read more]
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Drivers Wreck RTC Vehicles In the Mist of Transport Crisis
The Attitudinal and Behavioral Change message that has been spread by the government, seems to have fallen on deaf ears in some quarters, as in the case with some drivers [Read more]
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Rape Case Puts The Independent Media Commission (IMC) In The Dock.
The allegation that a member of the ruling APC party was involved in a rape scandal has been doing the rounds in both political and social circles recently. The gravity [Read more]
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Bommeh Becomes a Human-Right Issue, Says Human Right Advocate
LOCATION OF BOMEH “BOMEH” is located in the Eastern Part of Freetown along a prominent route – Bai Bureh Road – the highway used to enter and exit the capital. [Read more]
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In Politics, Stupidity Is not A Handicap.
The SLPP might be the oldest political party in the country, but the recent shenanigans within the party demonstrates the need for its members to grow up, if this country [Read more]