Feature

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital is well known for its sprawling and congested slums which have become an eyesore to almost the entire citizenry of the country as disease outbreaks usually claim dozens of lives in such settlements. The clustered bungalows in these sprawling slums represent the symbol of leadership failure, coming out of the direct consequence of neglect by successive central and local government authorities.

By Joseph Lamin Kamara

“BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled . . ,” the 1965 Public Archives Office (PAO) Act of Sierra Leone, enacted when Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston was Governor-General of Sierra Leone, reads.

By Kemo Cham

Education For All has been one of the most popular mantras in the Sierra Leone government's development agenda. But campaigners for equal opportunity in education say without Inclusive Education, Education for All is unattainable.

Inclusive education basically means everyone, regardless of age, sex, gender or physical characteristics, gets access to education.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Repeated public outcry on the low quality of the health system in Sierra Leone has taken centre stage even in the pre-Ebla period over all other issues in the country.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Traditional practices of washing the dead, attending funerals and marriage ceremonies, caring for the sick at home, among others, have become fertile soil for  nurturing the Ebola virus, in spite of messages telling people not to do so.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Amidst the deteriorating health situation in the country and the inability of government hospitals to respond adequately to the health needs of citizens, private clinics became a source of hope for many Sierra Leoneans. These clinics are established and run by private proprietors. They are very much relevant to the health sector as they complement government hospitals.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

The fact that Sierra Leone can boast of only one virologist, one pathologist, one psychiatric expert, the list goes on, confirms that the health sector is faced with shortage of enough specialist medical doctors that could respond to the health needs of the growing population.