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Look you not at this figure on the couch,       

Thinking there’s no reach left to his mind.   

Those who see not the marks of age still crouch   

Round him amazed at knowledge refined.        

If you go back to those long glory years,

Learning we sang was better than gold.

No one then challenged that ditty with snares

‘Twas the song that braced our ancient mould.

He came from that cast, and soared to greatness,

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

It’s another match day in the Sierra Leone Premier League, FC Kallon are playing East End Lions. The stadium is literally packed to the roof. A stadium that is supposed to accommodate around 35,000 people cannot accommodate anyone, anymore.  

By Mabinty M.Kamara

Imagine a community, state or country going for an hour without the presence of a Police force. Peace will evaporate and anarchy will reign. The relevance of a Police force in any society cannot therefore not be overestimated.

Police are responsible to keep the peace, harmony and order. But with these roles come a great deal of responsibilities on their part too. Because the Police are responsible to ensure law and order is kept, at the very least they should be the moral mirror through which society looks itself.

By Kemo Cham

The image of this young girl in visible pains, whose mother was forced to return her home untreated for lack of money to pay for her treatment, still haunts me.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

“The game don bala bala…,” says Julius Maada Bio.

“Babala,” someone on the High Table corrected him.

“Anhaa (Yes!) Babala,” the President noted.

“The game don babala. You must delete that first one. It’s an Executive Order,” he added.

And the crowd burst into laughter.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Here we are, finally! The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is about to hold an ordinary congress, for the first time in four years. The venue is Port Loko, no doubt a stronghold of the Isha Johansen administration.

Like this, the next two congresses will also be held in Johansen strongholds - Kenema and Bombali districts. The venues and scheduling of these congresses is all part of an end game; to win a fresh mandate for the SLFA Presidency.

By Moses A. Kargbo

Tuesday December 3, 2019 marked the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. This is a story of determination and generosity.

In May 2018, Eleanor Massah Abdulai met Louise Twining-Ward, World Bank staff member, while walking on Lumley beach.

At the age of 10 years, Eleanor lost her right leg when she accidentally stepped on an unexploded land mine as she and her parents were fleeing from rebel forces who had just attacked the diamond mining town of Tongo in the Kenema District.