Dear Hon Minister, For the past days and weeks, you would have been aware that incidents of political violence and the blatant misuse of state security apparatus have rocked the [Read more]
I read with dismay a report in the Awoko Newspaper of 23 June 2016 captioned “Police stops EPA from closing ALA, Carmanor.” According to the report, two agriculture companies, African [Read more]
“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness”-Marcus Garvey Two years ago, I wrote about the bleaching epidemic in Nigeria and [Read more]
I’m a Muslim to the bone and can read Quran without a hiccup but I find it disgusting and unimaginable, the way and manner poor African women are being treated [Read more]
When Mohamed Bouazizi, a street peddler from Sidi Bouaziz, set himself on fire after a dispute with local authorities on the 17 December 2010, little did we know that it [Read more]
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has vowed to do all in his power to make London “better”, as he was sworn in as the new mayor. The much-criticised campaign questioned Mr Khan’s [Read more]
There is a saying that sometimes, “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt”. [Read more]
I arrived back in Berlin 2 hours ago after a very short but happy trip to the historic city of Rome, Italy. Italy is the only major country within the [Read more]
In 2003, Octéa, formerly Koidu Holdings S.A, won the right to explore what is the present day Tonguma Limited concession in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom in the Kenema District. After [Read more]
First published in the Rights and Resources edition of the Perspectives Africa series of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Introduction When a diamond mining company closed its operations in Mofuwe Village, in the [Read more]
Leaders of Africans Campaign for TPS Renewal are ecstatic and heaving a sigh of relief over Homeland Security Secretary Mr. Jeh Johnson’s announcement Tuesday of an additional six months Temporary [Read more]
AFRICAN POLITICS: IS CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION AND STAYING IN POWER BEYOND TERM LIMITS A SHOW OF LOVE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY OR JUST A WAY OF IGNORING THE VOICE OF THE [Read more]
A lecturer (name withheld due to security reasons) from one faculty of Fourah Bay College told me during a privilege conversation at Circular Road in Freetown that the ruling APC [Read more]
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) Dr. Kalfala Marah in late December last year described President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma as the “champion of development” since Sierra Leone [Read more]
Good morning my noble readers. I disappeared from this column 3 months ago due to unavoidable reasons and I owe you apology for any disappointment. I was busy implementing development [Read more]
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