Critique Column

Are Sierra Leoneans really confused about investigations, commissions and audit?  While the country seems to be breathing a new wave of fresh air and suffocation on the one hand; many [Read more]

There was a seeming air of optimism among many Sierra Leoneans when President Maada Bio and the leaders of the 17 opposition Parties met at State House on 1st March [Read more]

The recent political manoeuvre by President Julius Maada Bio has been hailed and lambasted in varying degrees from different political circles, using different optical prisms for obvious reasons. President Bio [Read more]

The Declaration of a State of Emergency by H.E. Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio in an attempt to seemingly address the increasing spate of the incidence of rape, has raised [Read more]

  There has been a flood of condemnation following the visit of President Bio and his entourage to The Gambia last week.  It is obvious that his visit, among other [Read more]

With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the National Youth Service (NYS) yesterday trained over fifty corp members on sexual reproductive health and rights and the demographic dividend [Read more]

There is an insidious trend of behaviour that is creeping on to our public life, and this is evidently so on our media platforms today. It has become increasingly common [Read more]

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter (M. L. King). Some political scribes may have already started writing the political obituary of [Read more]

The last general election in Sierra Leone was one of the most memorable ones in recent memory. This was largely thanks to a lot of precedents set, following the outcome [Read more]

The long awaited Commission of Enquiry in Sierra Leone is due to commence this week, and this is against the backdrop of accusations and counter-accusations that have dogged the whole [Read more]

A basic principle of democracy is that parties have to accept that their opponents are sometimes going to win. Fight the election hard, maybe even bitterly, but at the end [Read more]

President Julius Maada Bio and his Vice President Dr Juldeh Jalloh   have recently concluded a major segment of their national Thank You Tour in Kono District which many and especially [Read more]

There has been a spate of reported attacks on journalists recently, with the latest taking place against AYV reporters in Makeni. This took place when the CID officers visited the [Read more]