Feature

By Mabinty M. Kamara

I don’t know if I am the only one to have noticed that the noise level in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, has risen significantly in the last seven years or so. And my projection is that it can only get worse, much to the annoyance of many in this congested city.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The atmosphere that filled Parliament’s Committee Room One during the public hearing on the narcotic substance called kush demonstrated zero sense of urgency, enthusiasm or desperation from some authorities to end the menace that continues to destroy the country’s youthful population. However, those on whom the heavy burden lies to save the situation were busy casting blame on each other for the prevalence of the drug in the legislative house that fateful day.

The historic Annie Walsh Memorial School held its march past on Sunday 17 March to climax celebrations marking its 175^th anniversary. Controversy had surrounded the enforcement of a dress code for old girls who wished to attend the occasion. Dr Hussainatu Abdullah, an old girl who attended the school in the 1970s, disagrees with the measures.
 

By Sitta Turay

 The leadership of the Sierra Leone Police is facing arguably one of the most tumultuous times in executing its constitutional mandate. The big picture is that the law enforcers are under ever-increasing pressure to re-examine their practices while trying to balance that off with a rapidly changing cultural, social and technological landscape. The emergence of social media has made it more difficult to evaluate the truth from hundreds of daily postings by different sets of people. 

By Lans Gberie

Sierra Leone’s Peace Museum, housed in the sprawling compound of the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone at New England in Freetown, is one of the barely noticed, largely unacknowledged treasures of Freetown. Visiting there one February afternoon upon the invitation of the veteran Registrar of the Court, Mrs. Binta Mansaray, I missed its entrance: my car drove towards the first, well-guarded, gate.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Deployed approximately 413 kilometres away from the capital city, Freetown, with over 60 kilometres of the journey traversing challenging terrains to reach the foot of the Loma Mountains in Masonia from the Falaba district axis in the far north of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Bangura, Team Lead for a group of Rangers, manning the reserved forest and his colleagues are working under what they describe as “exceptional conditions” as the fight to conserve the mountain ensues.

By Alpha Abu

Popular businessman and football promoter Babadi Kamara has decided to throw his hat into the ring for the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Presidency, sparking intense interest over an Election that is two years away.

It couldn’t have ignited such hype, had it been left to the incumbent and any other football stakeholder in the country, therefore the excitement now being generated is quite understandable.