Critique Column
Covid -19 Is A Virus, Not A Cash Cow
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]
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Africa
Does Africa Need Term -Timed Presidential Democracy?
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]
Critique Column
When Freedom of Speech Does Not Guarantee Freedom After Speech.
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Parliament of Sierra Leone on July 23, 2020 unanimously approved the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act 2020 and repealed the 1965 Public Order Act (POA) that criminalized libel and sedition.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]
Critique Column
Black Lives Matter: But Not in My Backyard
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]
Critique Column
Peace & Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin
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]
Critique Column
Decolonising the Mind from The Paradox of Edifices of Slavery.
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]
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“Broko Coonu Sef Geh Owner”: No Place Like Home.
Just when you think that Sierra Leone has had enough COVID on its plate, up pops another controversy. Our country has just played host to a sizeable number of its [Read more]
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Has Coronavirus Reshaped Our Democracy ?
The new Coronavirus pandemic is not only wreaking destruction on public health and global economy but disrupting democracy and governance worldwide. It has hit at a time when democracy was [Read more]
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The Truth about the Truth, Dressed in Robes of Censor
The internet was seen as the best thing to happen to mankind since slice bread. That notion has become increasingly so, since social media got in the mix. No need [Read more]
Critique Column
Should Sierra Leoneans be Pawns on The SLPP-APC Political Chessboard?
Politics used to be a battle for the hearts and minds of the public. It is not surprising then that our main political parties are now locked in this battle, [Read more]
Critique Column
An Eye for An Eye Will Only Make the World Go Blind.
Just when you think that the world at large, and Sierra Leone in particular is facing the ravages of an invisible enemy the Corona Virus, our nation is plunged on [Read more]
America
Trump, the Emperor Has No Clothes.
The Emperor Donald J. Trump has reportedly cancelled his daily White House briefings, complaining that its “not worth the time and effort”. And who can blame him? These briefings have [Read more]
Critique Column
How Do You Solve A Problem Called Fatima Bio?
Love her or loathe her, the First Lady Fatima Bio is an enigma. What makes it tellingly so, is the backdrop against which her life has been gauged, scrutinised, vilified [Read more]
Critique Column
If You Want to Ruin the Truth, Stretch It.
When the world is rudderless with no one in control, the truth becomes frighteningly the first casualty. A vacuum always ensues, when people fail to attribute incompetence to malevolence. It [Read more]
Critique Column
Wherever the Art of Medicine is Loved, There is Also a Love of Humanity
In a WhatsApp message, purported to have been written by Dr Sylvia Blyden, (Not verified), she appears to praise President Maada Bio “for many aspects of this fight against the [Read more]