By Sitta Turay
The leadership of the Sierra Leone Police is facing arguably one of the most tumultuous times in executing its constitutional mandate. The big picture is that the law enforcers are under ever-increasing pressure to re-examine their practices while trying to balance that off with a rapidly changing cultural, social and technological landscape. The emergence of social media has made it more difficult to evaluate the truth from hundreds of daily postings by different sets of people.
By Lans Gberie
Sierra Leone’s Peace Museum, housed in the sprawling compound of the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone at New England in Freetown, is one of the barely noticed, largely unacknowledged treasures of Freetown. Visiting there one February afternoon upon the invitation of the veteran Registrar of the Court, Mrs. Binta Mansaray, I missed its entrance: my car drove towards the first, well-guarded, gate.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Deployed approximately 413 kilometres away from the capital city, Freetown, with over 60 kilometres of the journey traversing challenging terrains to reach the foot of the Loma Mountains in Masonia from the Falaba district axis in the far north of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Bangura, Team Lead for a group of Rangers, manning the reserved forest and his colleagues are working under what they describe as “exceptional conditions” as the fight to conserve the mountain ensues.
By Alpha Abu
Popular businessman and football promoter Babadi Kamara has decided to throw his hat into the ring for the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Presidency, sparking intense interest over an Election that is two years away.
It couldn’t have ignited such hype, had it been left to the incumbent and any other football stakeholder in the country, therefore the excitement now being generated is quite understandable.
By Oumar Farouk Sesay
More than sixty years after gaining independence from Britain, perhaps Sierra Leone stands alone in West Africa as the sole country still being led by the same political parties established before its liberation – the All People’s Congress (APC) and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
