Feature

By Mustapha Sesay   

President Ernest Bai Koroma inaugurated the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) on October 2013 with a mandate to obtain and bring together the views of Sierra Leoneans of all shades of opinion, both in and out of the country, and to recommend “provisions that will promote an open, transparent and democratic society” within a period of 24 months.

By Isaac Massaquoi

Under the threat of a ban by the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, the government of Sierra Leone has done a dramatic U-turn and ordered the reinstatement of Isha Johansen's SLFA executive.

By Isaac Massaquoi

Let's be honest, radio in Sierra Leone has become very predictable. I am referring to a situation in which creativity, which is the mother's milk of radio has been allowed to take a severe battering at the hands of mass production and unimaginative programme-making.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Looking at the political landscape of Sierra Leone, it gives the impression that it has grown better from what it was 10 to 15 years ago. However, this growth may have been exaggerated a bit, given several indications of a broken governance system; a system in which the entire power structure of all the three arms of government have been fused into one - State House.

By Kemo Cham and Mabinty Kamara

Around the iconic Cotton Tree in the center of Freetown a new billboard stands out among the fading portrait of Sierra Leone’s past and present leaders. It depicts an anti-sexual violence message from President Ernest Bai Koroma.

This one, like several others erected across strategic positions in the capital city, carries a familiar message from the President: “Violence against women is violence against the state”.

By Sonkita Conteh

A few weeks from now, the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) would begin winding up its activities. The committee was established in 2013 to review the current 1991 constitution taking into account views from the public and lessons from other countries. This 80 member review body has been constituted by an eclectic mix of representatives including amongst others, market women, political parties, youth groups, civil society organisations, professional associations, traditional authorities, government bodies and academic institutions.

By Kemo Cham

Many new grounds were broken during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, notably the use of untested vaccines and drugs.

The reasoning was that given the severity of the epidemic, the affected countries – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – had nothing to lose by using these candidate drugs and vaccines.