Critique Column

Whenever I hear the cacophonous sounds of the bells of enmity, abhorrence and grudges being rang under the guise of patriotism against or for some Sierra Leonean political groupings,  by [Read more]

Dirk Niebel, the German Minister of Development and Economic Cooperation accompanied by the German Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Mr. Rudiger John and 8 others recently visited President Koroma at his [Read more]

On assumption of office in September 2007, President Ernest Bai Koroma promised a progressive turn around for Sierra Leone in 36 months through his 'Agenda for Change', highlighting five prioritized [Read more]

The inception of the United Nations commenced on January 1942, when 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations. [Read more]

Sierra Leone attained its independence in 1961, but prior to this epoch making “achievement”, the country was fondly renowned for its role as the bastion of education; courtesy of Fourah [Read more]

One truth we need to face is that we truly need a bipartisan, mature, political consensus on the direction that the nation must take.   If we are sincere, how [Read more]

I ignored the buzzy melody of my Samsung Galaxy SII by 6:00 a.m German time. I thought it was one of the usual irritating calls from some of my relatives [Read more]

It has been an embarrassment both for our country and the highest offices of the state, yet our vice president Sam-Sumana told Cocorioko Newspaper in an interview that "Since the [Read more]

2012 elections are the final frontier for transcending the assumed limits of our fears and perceptions; our ethnic tendencies; our political prejudices. It is a new horizon awaiting. The message [Read more]

There is some indication that as the November Elections get nearer, some people will go to great lengths to have their say; and in some cases hope to influence the [Read more]

The dust of the funeral rites of the President’s mother is slowly settling down as everything seems to be back on track with the same old politicking and backstabbing. Some [Read more]

The people of Sierra Leone, and especially the president and his family have been hit by the death of Mrs. Alice Koroma, the mother of the President of Sierra Leone. [Read more]

Many great thinkers have held the belief that “a free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society”. It is against this background that a [Read more]