Year: 2021

Democracy demands an opposition party, and this can only be measured on the existence of an opposition. This means that the opposition in a democracy is indispensable, and not just [Read more]

There is no doubt that among the various reasons for losing the 2020 Presidential Elections, ranging from financial, moral and ethical considerations, Donald Trump’s recklessness in dealing with the pandemic [Read more]

Giving credit where credit is due is a rewarding habit to form, and the rewards can be inestimable.  Dr Ernest Bai Koroma served as the Head of African Union Election [Read more]

There is growing anger for the way Afghanistan has fallen back into the hands of the Taliban. It is not surprising that most of the anger has been directed at [Read more]

Figures published by the African Development Bank, show that Sierra Leone’s economy has been seriously hurt by the COVID–19 pandemic, with real GDP estimated to contract by 2.7% in 2020 [Read more]

The former President of Cote D’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo recently returned to the country after the International Criminal Court acquitted him over charges of crimes against humanity. He was greeted by [Read more]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Addis Ababa, July 22 – A new drive to curb unacceptable levels of violence against children in Africa was launched today after disturbing fresh research indicating that African [Read more]

Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, the world has stood still. In midst of all the panic, the anger and frustrations lies buried deep, the loss of many [Read more]

There are many hot spots of social and political marginalization in post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the most notorious one had been Kenema city over the years, as successive governments constantly [Read more]

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has supported the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to develop a five-year National Supply Chain Strategic Plan, which is a strategy that will be [Read more]

When Meghan Markle married Prince Harry, became the Duchess of Sussex and joined the privileged class of British royalty, little did she know that with such membership to such protected [Read more]

Today marks three months since John Pombe Joseph Magufuli passed away, but like many before him, his death has not passed without the proverbial conspiracy theories. We all know how [Read more]

Listening to Dr. Julius Spencer on the eve of our nation’s 60th Independence anniversary elucidating the need for electoral reform and proposing proportional representation as an alternative to our present [Read more]