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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

When Umaru ‘Zaingallay’ Bangura missed that penalty two weeks ago, the outpour of emotion was ugly. Most people were angry - extremely angry.

During that moment, very few were supportive. Emotions ran to a fever pitch. But Sierra Leone’s failure to qualify for the second phase of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers should not just be blamed on the captain. The blame should rest with so many other people and factors.

By Kemo Cham

If an epidemic of any disease were to erupt today, Sierra Leone has all what it takes to contain it, at least on paper.

The country’s health authorities say all what is needed is contained in the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS), which was launched last week. The document outlines how the country will respond to emergencies, both in terms of expertise and resources needed, and facilitate its achievement of universal health coverage.

By Uncle Sam

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

“12 died and 639 arrested following xenophobic violence” - the September 9^th headline of the online edition of South Africa’s weekly City Press newspaper. The paper reported that at least two foreigners were amongst the dead. Millions of Rands worth of property in shops owned by foreigners and South Africans were looted and destroyed in the violence that began in Pretoria and spread to parts of the Malvern, Denver, Hillbrow and Maboneng in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD).

By Sam Kargbo

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a standardized test administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for final year students in senior secondary schools in the English speaking countries of West Africa.

By Abdul Tejan-Cole

On August 28-30, 2019, 26 African heads of state including the Presidents of Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea, Benin, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya were in Yokohama, Japan, to attend the 7^th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7).

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

One year since Sierra Leone played Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, the team will be out again in the outskirts of Monrovia to take on Liberia.

Leones Stars absence from the international scene was not a sabbatical but rather a punishment for what FIFA saw as government’s interreference into football. The country has used this long absence wisely.  This long stand in the cold meant they could press the reset button and start all over again.