Feature

By Abdul Tejan-Cole and Nana Afadzinu

By now, it has become almost a cliché to say that the war on drugs has failed. The prohibitionist approach, most fully articulated by former US President Richard Nixon, has done little to curb drug use, but it has had devastating consequences for individuals and societies worldwide. In Latin America, to cite one example, it has led to repressive state policies and the militarization of interdiction efforts at the expense of policies addressing the detrimental effects of drug use on health and social welfare.

By Kemo Cham

The founder of the social networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has outlined his plan for the future which envisions a global community interconnected than ever before.

Zuckerberg said social networking stood for connecting people and giving every person a voice and therefore he spoke against divisive gestures from other quarters. He was speaking at the annual F8 developer conference organized by Facebook which brings together developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the facebook website.

By Sonkita Conteh

Introduction

Open Letter:

Mr President Sir, with all due respect and good intention, I herein publish this letter to call for the occurrence of protection of copyrights in the country, under the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

Immediately the current Nigerian President Mohamadu Buhare took office, copyright protection, to one’s surprise, was among the first challenges he took on. Before laying down the plea properly, let’s see first what copyright is.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone risks losing the fight to contain Tuberculosis or TBif adequate resources are not provided towards sensitization, officials and activists have warned.

BY Ezekiel Nabieu 

The sackings of the minister and deputy minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs came as a shock to many students of men and things owing to the fact that such unseemly behavior by top government officials had not in the past elicited such robust response.

The president has the prerogative of hiring and firing ministers and other officials in his wisdom and not mindlessly. As a result it is expected that he appoints citizens of integrity especially where there is no shortage of such a cadre in the country.

Reconciliation has been crucial to foster peace in post-war Sierra Leone. One organization has been instrumental in this – Fambul Tok International. The local NGOs, in spite of its name, used ground breaking alternative dispute resolution mechanism to bring victims and perpetrators together.

John Caulker, Director of Fambul Tok, spoke to Politico in this interview with Kemo Cham and Mustapha Kamara, who first asked him why did Fambul Tok intervene?