After fifteen years of three or more parties determining the life of Sierra Leoneans, the November polls have brought the country to a two-party system. With the All People’ Congress party controlling the executive arm, it also controls Parliament with 60% of the seats; while the Sierra Leone People’s Party controls 40%.
Op-Ed: Closing the justice gap in Sierra Leone
By Ibrahim Tommy
Ten years after the war, Sierra Leone's justice system still faces serious challenges. All the institutions that constitute the justice system, including the police, courts, and prisons, require serious and immediate attention. The challenges are immense.
The Sierra Leone media in 2013: too many cooks spoil the broth
By Kemo Cham
The more, they say, the merrier.
In Sierra Leone this saying seems to go for pretty much everything – civil society and rights activism, politics, entertainment, and especially the media.
To Guinea and back
By Asmieu Bah
The wrong view held by many that all Fullahs are Guineans may surprise many to know that I visited Guinea only for the second time a couple of weeks ago. My first trip being in 1999 after the January 6 onslaught of Freetown by combined forces of RUF and AFRC.
