By Sallieu T. Kamara
Poem: Rainy season at Kroo Bay
Rainy season at Kroo Bay
I live in Kroo Bay
It has been a terrible night and day
The pitter-patter of the rain
Has brought us so much pain
Our kids can’t go to school
Our rooms look like a pool
Scooping water all night
This is certainly not right
Some say we have been stubborn
Refusing to somewhere else move on
But where else can we afford it?
When to landlords all our savings we’ll forfeit
Resettle us government we are a part of this nation
An Appeal for Kono Unity
By Saa Matthias Bendu
There is a fierce dirty war going on in Kono district currently. It is not a war involving military weapons. Rather it is a personality conflict between Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana and Minister of Local Government Finda Diana Konomanyi. But it is a war that no less atrocious. Both of them are natives of the district. Both are staunch members of the ruling All People's Congress party. And, obviously, both are very senior members of government.
FBC at the crossroads
By Asmieu Bah
Not for the first time a students' union election at Fourah Bay College has created a furore. So much so that the college administration has had to postpone it for fear of violence which seemed quite palpable as the contest got closer. And here is the irony:
