Feature

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.

By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   

From the Sierra Leone Writer’s Forum ( SLWF)

                               Soundless tears
                     Not a word out of you
Lest you tell us how his shrunk
  eyes behind our camera lenses
Have blinked their last

                                Wordless tears
Neither a whimper nor a cough
  Out of you; lest your bells knell
A farewell to our Salonean star
   of promise. Not a word!  Sssssh!

By Malte Werner, Amjata Bayoh, Tamba Tengbeh

Men hiding in freezers. Suspects running away on roofs. When the Scorpion Squad marches up, people run for cover – mostly in vain.

The special unit is spearheading the fight against rampant corruption in Sierra Leone. Videos of their operations show raids of armed forces in camouflage uniforms, with investigators securing evidence and arresting suspects.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 12.85%, 13.41% and 5.41% increase in COVID-19 total infections, deaths and recoveries respectively over the week, from June 20 to June 27, 2021.

By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leoneans both home and abroad were in a jubilant mood after the country's national team, Leone Stars, thrashed the Squirrels of Benin by a goal to nil at the Lansana Conteh Stadium in Conakry, Guinea on Tuesday evening to qualify for the AFCON tournament for the first time in 25 years. 

Striker Kei Kamara, who had always wished to play for his country at the Nations Cup, scored the first-half penalty in the 19th minute to secure a place for Sierra Leone at the AFCON tournament since 1996.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 6.07% and 1.54% increase in COVID-19 total infections and total recoveries respectively over the past five days, from June 15 to June 20, 2021.