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Information Attachés, then and now

By Rev. S. M. Williams

When the Editor of Politico called on me to give some account of the modus operandi of the yesteryears of an Information Attaché (IA), I was delighted to oblige. Himself a young man, he must have been irked with today’s Information Attaché demeanour.

Picking up the pieces in Sierra Leones’s Football

By Brima Bah

It was a foregone conclusion that Leone Stars had virtually nothing, except perhaps the much-touted FIFA ranking, to play for in that final group stage qualifying match against Equatorial Guinea for the Brazil 2014 World Cup. Cape Verde emerged as the surprise winners of the group, ahead of Tunisia who had all but sealed the top spot. Leone Stars’ final match was a fixture that could have actually served as an opportunity to rally and prepare for future meaningful campaigns.

How 9/11 left Americans resolved

By Asmieu Bah

Like every first day of the week, it began as a pleasant sunny day on the 11 September 2001. No New Yorker or any other American expected that the cause of history was about to change, and not only change but change for a bleak and apprehensive future.

It was around 10:00 am. Al Qaeda terrorists struck the Twin Tower Buildings in the heart of Manhattan killing thousands of innocent people from virtually every country in the world. That is what this country represents – a place for all manner of persons.

When attitudes do not change

By Tilly Barrie

The reality of our political landscape is that it has failed to move with the times. Far from being progressive, far from providing a true political lead, it is retrograde and decadent, corrupt in almost all its activities.

Lies and deceits galore by our politicians and leaders have dominated most of our political and economic life since this country gained its independence.

UN, USA and a Sierra Leonean journalist

By Asmieu Bah

I had always wanted to visit the United States. I had always wanted to see the United Nations at work. It is therefore a dream come true that I am writing from the UN headquarters in New York. It is indeed an honour and privilege to attend a United Nations fellowship such as I am doing now in a city that never sleeps.

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