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By Major (Retired) Ishmail Pamsm-Conteh

The Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), His Excellency the President, Brigadier (Retired) Julius Maada Bio, on Thursday 18 June, retired senior military officers. The reasons were due to the officers attaining the retirement age of 55 years, or on health grounds. This is justified under sections 26 and 27 of the Army Orders of 1965.

By Franklin Sisabu Bendu

It has been two years since Jacob Jusu Saffa and Sahr Lahai Jusu were appointed as Minister of Finance and Financial Secretary respectively. Since their appointment, their obsession and scrupulousness with fiscal prudence has been evident. The Financial Secretary has been at the Ministry for over 20 years, while the Minister has been moving around – Social Action and Poverty Alleviation (SAPA) Programme, World Bank, lecturer and as a private consultant and politician.

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

The George Floyd protests have metamorphosed from an American demonstration against police brutality and race to a global rally that has prompted a reckoning on the role of the slave trade and colonialism. In the English port city of Bristol, things came to a head when the statue of the 17th century slave trader, Edward Colston, was pulled off its plinth and rolled into the nearby Harbour by anti-racism protesters. Colston came from a wealthy merchant family.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

It was after 2pm, the Sierra Leone Football Associations (SLFA) congress had just started in the eastern district of Kenema. President of the SLFA, Isha Johansen, took the microphone and made a big commitment.

“Within the next two weeks we will start work in Kenema on the artificial turf. And Kenema will also have perhaps the best artificial turf in Africa,” she said.

And then she called on the FIFA representative, Solomon Mudege, who was present at the congress, to confirm the statement.

Dr. Ishmail Pamsm-Conteh

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

Last week, I discussed the circumstances that led to the death of George Floyd and some of the reforms needed, especially in the criminal justice system and in the police in the United States. This week as George Floyd was buried next to his mother in Houston, Texas, and hundreds of protests against police brutality and racism continue in America and around the world, I examine the repercussions for Africa.

By Aroun Rashid Deen
Black African leaders in the United States are speaking out on the death in police custody of African American, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, May 25, 2020. There have been condemnations and calls for action throughout the African community against police brutality, particularly toward black men.  Floyd’s death triggered protests nationwide.