Feature

By Ezekiel Nabieu

This is the first edition of a paradigm shift under the same column that is expected to shed more light on current issues using questions that would otherwise be consigned to history. It may not be pleasant to affected institutions or individuals and it need not be. In any case keep reading!

Until we get our definitions about education right we may not understand what is going on with regard the alleged malpractices at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

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Ahead of the Investment Forum on Global Business Response to Ebola taking place in London on 24 & 25 February for Guinea and Sierra Leone respectively, we are publishing the following article written by, MEMUNA FORNA, a leading Sierra Leonean writer on entrepreneurship: 

John Akar, founder of the National Dance Troupe

By Kemo Cham and Hassan Ibrahim Conteh

The fate of Sierra Leone's National Dance Troupe (NDT) is on the balance.

By Dr. Habib M Sesay Senior Lecturer, FBC

Introduction

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Expectations for the new Constitution of Sierra Leone are running high as the public anxiously waits to see its content. As part of this waiting several questions revolving around the true reflection of the people’s aspirations exists.

By Mabinty Kamara

Due to high level of poverty and illiteracy in Sierra Leone children are constantly being abused day in day out. They face many challenges ranging from child labor, child marriage, to lack of quality education.

Residents of Pyke Street in Brookfields struggling to fetch water from a community well

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara