Hunger And Anger Are Now Shrouding Sierra Leone
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I came to know of the American author, Mark Twain, through the abridged version of his celebrated novel: “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, which was…
‘New Direction’ Is Taking Us Nowhere
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Those of us who attended Sunday School, at the Ebenezer Methodist Church at Circular Road in central Freetown in our childhood in the early 1980s,…
SLPP Is Now On Borrowed Time
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) From the Pontiff in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City to the nine Imams of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to Emirs to Kings and…
President Bio Tells Half-Truths Again
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) One of the traits of President Julius Maada Bio is his tendency to give with the left hand and take back with the right. His…
Gay Youth Goes Missing After Threats On His Life
A young man, believed to be in his mid-twenties, is reported to have gone missing following alleged harassments, intimidation, and threats on his life by family and community members who…
SLPP’s Demise Begins
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) The countdown to the eventual demise of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government has begun. It began last Saturday when the registration processes,…
Dauda Charles On The Run
The Sierra Leone Police are said to have declared one Dauda Charles wanted for taking part in the 10th August 2022 riot in Freetown, in which about six police personnel…
Is The SLPP Sincere In Its Peace Overtures?
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Chinua Achebe says in his novel, Anthills of the Savannah, that “if you want to get at the root of murder , you have to…
August 10 Will Always Be August 10
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) I’m still wondering which rational investor will go to any country where the Foreign Affairs Minister tells the world that hundreds of thousands of their…
Is Alpha Kanu A Synonym For Political Prostitution?
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) It would have been surprisingly surprising if members of the All People’s Congress (APC) are surprised that Alpha Kanu, the Resident Minister for North-West now…