Feature

Freetown, Sierra Leone, July 7, 2014

Hi, everyone...

Second Lady Sam-Sumana, thank you for hosting me in Freetown during my visit, and for joining me today. Deputy Minister of Education, Principal Lamboi and students – thank you for such a warm welcome! It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you at St. Joseph’s School.

Before I begin, please know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and families of those affected by the Ebola Virus.

By Kemo Cham

From the word go it was obvious that there was something fundamentally wrong about how governments of the three countries affected by Ebola - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - were handling the outbreak in the sub-region. If anything, the speed and vigour with which the epidemic subsequently overwhelmed their health systems is proof of this.

By Tanu Jalloh

The drugs regulator in Sierra Leone slams the trend. Cocaine trade is lucrative. It can’t be stopped easily. Claims are that people in and close to government have a hand in the deal. They benefit from the current state of affairs.

By Professor Ritchard M'bayo

There is plenty of evidence of hostility toward the press in Sierra Leone over the years. The heavy-handed approach in the way past administrations have dealt with the press is also well documented. But what is also true is that media practitioners need to do some serious house cleaning because we have not always met the public’s expectation in the performance of our duty.

By Mohamed Massaquoi

By Alieu Sahid Tonkara

I speak in the lone voice of a humble and patriotic Sierra Leonean, expressing my opinion on the constitutional review process that is being carried out by the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) in the country. The interest to contribute to this process is generated in me by jingles aired on FM 103.5 Star Radio and Radio Democracy FM 98.1.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

Man must work. Can we for a moment imagine a world without work; a world full of only pleasures? In such a world there will obviously be a surfeit of monotony. I wouldn’t like to live in it. Would you?