Feature

Zuma’s Controversial Sentence

3:51 PM /

By Sam Kargbo

The world is being hit by the breakdown of law and order in South Africa because of the sentencing of Jacob Zuma to 15 months’ imprisonment for contempt of court. This piece attempts to analyze the situation, and point out what is wrong with the jailing of Zuma at the time he was jailed.

Ridding the Country of Acrimonious Opposition Politics

12:28 PM /

By Sam Kargbo

Writing in the December 2019 edition of the Atlantic, under the title of "How America Ends: A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?" Yoni Appelbaum, who oversees the magazine's ideas section, opined that democracy depends on the consent of the losers. I agree. I also agree with him that parties and candidates who compete in elections should do so with the understanding that electoral defeats are neither permanent nor intolerable.

SANUSI COVID-19 indices update (19/07/21)

10:32 AM /

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 2.72%, 4.55% and 4.79% increase in COVID-19 total infections, deaths and recoveries respectively over the week, from July 11-18, 2021.

SANUSI COVID-19 indices update (12/07/21)

5:01 PM /

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 4.44%, 5.77% and 9.51% increase in COVID-19 total infections, deaths and recoveries respectively over the week, from June 4 to July 11, 2021.

"The Resurrection of Captain Strasser to Glory" (Part 2)

5:00 PM /

By AbuBakar Bah in Saudi Arabia

In part one of my series on Captain Valentine E.M Strasser, I presented a historical perspective of how the former Military man rose to power on April 29, 1992, and became the world’s youngest leader. I gave a summary of his four-year rule and how he was overthrown in a palace coup by his number two, Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio, who eventually fulfilled his promise by returning the country to democratic rule in 3 months with President Alhaji Ahmed Tejan Kabba as President of Sierra Leone.