Critique Column

With President Bio’s official first term in office ticking down, to the average SLPP supporter or sympathiser, President Bio is a “sure ball” for a second presidential term. The APC [Read more]

The past few months have been extremely difficult for us Sierra Leoneans. The grumblings about difficulties in making ends meet have been constantly aired out in the open in discussions [Read more]

There is a universally held notion that democracy is the best form of government, thanks to the definition that it is the government of the people, by the people and [Read more]

The most obvious nightmare of the moment is the war in Ukraine and its effects globally. The war in Ukraine presents an existential threat to world economies and the world [Read more]

As the rumblings of evolving instabilities continue to dance to the frenzied beat of the drummers, now is the time to take a hard look at the country and speak [Read more]

President George H. W Bush (Snr) led a coalition of 35 nations to wage an armed campaign against Iraq, in response to the Iraqi invasion and annexation of Kuwait in [Read more]

It is not surprising that the arrest and detention of the popular Sierra Leonean musician, Alhaji Amadu Bah, Aka Boss LAJ has generated reams of newsprint and churned out high [Read more]

Sierra Leone and Rwanda may be diametrically placed on the globe, but share an unenviable common history that many would choose to forget. Both countries achieved the gold standard for [Read more]

Just when you think that, it could not get more ridiculous, our nation’s parliamentary body invokes the season of pantomime. It is an open secret that the world is facing [Read more]

The world is in reverse gear as basic food and commodity prices present unprecedented threats to air traffic. Ukraine and Russia may be far way, but we cannot discount that [Read more]

In little Gambia, a relatively unknown Adama Barrow, acting as the arrowhead of an opposition coalition, defeated Yaryah Jammeh against all odds. Yaryah Jammeh took power in 1994 and vowed [Read more]

President Bio recently extended an olive branch to Kandeh Yumkella, the figure head of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, during a traditional ceremony somewhere in in the latter’s neck [Read more]

Loud, jam-packed, colourful and mesmerizing was the YAD’s Peace and Unity Hall in Kenema as hundreds of youth representing diverse youth groups converged on  Christmas eve to celebrate the annual [Read more]