By Umaru Fofana
It is a behaviour very untypical of the Sierra Leone Police unless there is a presidential hand behind it. The Criminal Investigations Department invites the State House Chief of State "for questioning" over an alleged illegal export of timber. Some other members of staff of the Chief of Staff are also called in by the police and asked to bring along their State House computers - of all paraphernalia - which are subjected to the same "police investigations".
By Umaru Fofana
In Bumbuna right now is a woman beaten and shot by police during their violent crackdown against unarmed workers protesting over pay and conditions at the African Minerals site almost exactly two years ago. She urinates on herself without noticing. She has received no compensation, no medical attention unless that which she and her poor family can afford, and the perpetrators have been let off the hook - if ever they were on the hook.
By Umaru Fofana
"No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections." - Sir Winston Churchill.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
