By: Kandeh Yumkella
Tourism Offers Hope for Sierra Leone’s Challenging Economy
By Gideon Tucker
Sierra Leone’s tourism sector is arguably the best hope for a steady source of foreign exchange that could help stimulate the country’s economy and contribute to the development of the country.
The mining sector- first it was diamonds and then iron ore to rutile and bauxite, but they have not provided the desired results; especially for those the locals in those mining areas.
Rutile has been mined for decades in Moyamba district, yet it has the most depressing district headquarter town in the entire country.
Why the powerful Emir of Kano was dethroned
By Aminata Diamond Sillah
This week the world watched with consternation as the 14th Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Mohamed Sanusi II was dethroned, banished and subsequently detained. Although his dethronement may have been in compliance with Part 3, Section 13(a-e) of the Kano State Emirate Law 2019, his detention was a clear violation of his fundamental rights of personal liberty and freedom of movement as guaranteed under Section 35 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
How Sierra Leone can keep the coronavirus at bay
By Dr Manal Ghazzawi
Will the novel corona virus disease otherwise named COVID-19 or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) come to Sierra Leone? Indeed, this is a question all of us may have been asking ourselves in our beloved Sierra Leone, a country that has seen and endured more than its fair share of natural and manmade disasters. Called a “novel virus”, it is a new virus that we are learning about every day through rigorous studies and from signs and symptoms infected patients present with.
Coronavirus – Africa cannot afford to be complacent
By Abdul Tejan-Cole
It was only a matter of time before the corona virus disease (Covid-19), arrived in Sub-Saharan Africa. On February 28, Nigeria confirmed that an Italian citizen who works in Lagos and had returned from Milan, Italy, a few days earlier, had tested positive for the virus.
A uncertain future for Sierra Leone’s artisanal fishermen
By Kemo Cham
“Today is a bad day,” says fisherman Munda Dasama, shouting at the top of his voice, over the sound of the roaring sea waves behind him, as he disembarks from his boat.
The exhausted-looking young fisherman has been at sea for about two hours.
“I caught only six kilos [of fish] today. That’s Le60, 000,” he says, which is roughly US $6. While standing on the beach at Liya Kpaka, a small community in Pujehun District, he laments the trend of low fish catch that is worrying the people of his small fishing community.
