Today, July 17, Barack Obama published a letter he wrote to America’s librarians. He shares with readers how books have shaped his life and notes that the effort to ban books today is an attempt to silence voices. In the…
BY Andrew Keili To many who wanted an amicable resolution of the electoral dispute between the SLPP and APC, it was a relief to see an agreement signed to end the post-election impasse. Alas, the APC would end its boycott…
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah In November 2023, the Africanist Press is launching a transnational research project that aims to investigate and document sources of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in West Africa. The Africanist Press is a non-profit organization of…
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah 29 August 2007 Sierra Leone’s president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has threatened to declare a state of emergency ahead of the election run-off to be held this week if violence between supporters of contending parties persists.…
By: Abubakarr Benson Executive Director, Centre for Youth Participation in Democracy (CYPaD) Baseless accusations have been circulating on social media, with political parties’ stalwarts alleging that Marcella was paid to promote a regime change in Sierra Leone. In a decade,…
LEADER, ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS PARTY MONDAY, 30 OCTOBER, 2023 Fellow Sierra Leoneans, Distinguished members of the International Community, Friends of Sierra Leone and Esteemed Listeners, Today, I stand before you to address you on a matter of utmost significance; a…
By: Ambrose K Sandy A video clip of a recently elected SLPP Member of Parliament under the Kenema Proportional Representation Quota Hon. Mohamed Koroma – specifically covering the Mondema Chiefdom – should serve as of serious concern to “ALL” Sierra…
African leaders called on warring parties in the Israel-Gaza conflict to halt deadly confrontations that erupted on 7 October when the Palestinian Hamas militant group launched a surprise assault. The reaction has not been entirely uniform with *Zambia, Kenya and…
Brima Michale Turay (BMT) Sierra Leone has gone through a period of serious social, political and economic challenges in the last five (5) years. The citizens and the socialists would blame the government. The economists would blame the global economic…
By: Winstanley. R. Bankole Johnson Someone forwarded an audio clip by BBC stringer Umaru Fofana on the unnecessarily long and unjustifiable detentions of detainees in particular, and on Prisons overcrowding in Sierra Leone in general. I almost declined listening to…