By Abdul C. Dumbuya Jr.
I am the first of four boys to our parents and I’m 17 years old. Since I became conscious of listening to the radio, or watching TV or just picking up newspapers brought home by my dad, I have been constantly bombarded with news about sexual abuses in Sierra Leone.
At 17 I thought the problem would have been fixed. But sadly, it has not. Statistics show that rape and sexual offences are on the increase in the country.
By Bartholomew Bockarie Kamara
The Greek words for love – errors, philos and agape – state that “errors” love deals with that which exists between people in an intimate relationship. Philos means the love between two friends. And agape is the love that is extended to everyone irrespective of race, colour, age, tribe, region, religion, political party affiliations, etc. Therefore the agape type of love, which is the unconditional love, is the one that should be manifested to this effect and in this manner.
By Abu Bakarr Jalloh
Sierra Leone’s wide-ranging institutional reforms have given rise to the phrase “good governance”, especially after the brutal civil war that lasted from 1991-2002, killing over 70,000 people and displacing about half of the population.
The Office of the Ombudsman was established as an Act of Parliament to look into administrative malpractices bordering on human rights violations. It has always been under the radar for various reasons.
Lawyer Leon Jenkins-Johnson was appointed to the position by President Julius Maada Bio. In this interview with Mabinty Kamara, Mr Jenkins-Johnson spoke about the challenges he has faced since assuming office, the institutions that make his job difficult, and how he intends to overcome these challenges.
By Dr Modupe Taylor-Pearce
In the next 10 years, any company in existence today that has not expanded their customer base past the borders of its present country will go out of business or become a fraction of its current size.
By Ibrahim S. Mansaray
Every year, countless bodies are taken to the grave due to medical failures. Failures which can be avoided if only medical authorities and citizens alike can investigate the sources of these problems and try to resolve them once and for all.
Wrong Diagnoses, wrong treatments, wrong administration of drugs, wrong operational and theatre procedures among others are the primary reasons for these countless avoidable deaths.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
