“Government of Sierra Leone explores development of domestic air travel” (thesierraleonetelegraph.com-10/08/20). This was one headline in the Sierra Leone Telegraph that caught my eye this week. According to the newspaper, [Read more]
Priscilla Schwartz, a Sierra Leonean lawyer is the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone. Her appointment was greeted as a statement of intent by many; that Bio’s [Read more]
In the last three years, African countries have registered an overall decline in the quality of political participation and the rule of law. The United States, which has traditionally been [Read more]
Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, life has changed beyond recognition as we know it. But one thing that has not changed and will never change is the [Read more]
To ask whether Africa needs term-timed Presidential democracy is bound to linger on the absurd. However, if Africa is to adopt, promote and remain democratically stable, it is worth looking [Read more]
Youth in Action for Development (YAD) has today, 30th July 2020, launched a community based sensitization campaign against Covid-19 and distribution of food and non-food items to Konjo Buima community, [Read more]
The Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel and sedition. It has been hailed as a historic [Read more]
The loss of lives in Makeni over the weekend is not only sad but equally avoidable. With the social and political atmosphere heavily saturated by the whiff of injustice the [Read more]
Since the former Defence, and Interior Minister was arrested and charged, among others with treason, the trial-by-social-media and in the court of public opinion has been in overdrive. The court [Read more]
Freetown, Sierra Leone: The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) welcomes the conclusion of the trial of Retired Major Palo Conteh and two others, and particularly applauds [Read more]
Mattru Jong, Bonthe District, Southern Province, Friday 3 July 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has introduced a Mobile Training and Support (MOTS) digital learning platform while [Read more]
George Floyd has been laid to rest and may he rest in peace. But his memories are sure to linger on forever, and not just be another hashtag #. He [Read more]
I sob, I weep and cry “Black Lives Matter”. You rave, you rant and shout “All Lives Matter” But if “All Lives Matter” Why would “Black Lives Matter”? [Read more]
When I go down on my knees, in prayer and protest. You kneel on my neck, in hatred and conquest. That my prayers and protests are un-American You dish [Read more]
The Coronavirus pandemic that has shattered lives throughout the high income countries is now hitting low income countries in Sub Saharan region, with Sierra Leone not being an exception. But [Read more]
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