Give Me Democracy Or Death
By Kabs Kanu Sierra Leone, hailed in the early 2000s as one of West Africa’s democratic success stories after a brutal civil war, now faces a perilous crossroads. Once celebrated…
Sanctimonious Hypocrites
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh There is no greater betrayal than the betrayal carried out in the name of righteousness. There is no deeper wound than the wound inflicted by those…
APC Takes First Step To State House
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) The completion of every marathon always starts with the first sprint. And the All People’s Congress (APC) has just taken the first sprint toward the…
Sylvester Sheku Suaray Eyes APC Deputy National Secretary Generalship
By Gbanabom Osman Thorli If qualifications, commitment, and service to the All People’s Congress (APC) are some of the criteria that the delegates at the National Delegates’ Convention will be…
Edmond Sylvester Alpha Again?
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leone once more finds itself confronted with a decision that touches the very nerve of its democracy. Edmond Sylvester Alpha has been appointed as the…
Orange-SL Strengthens Media Partnership At Annual Engagement
By Lemuella Tarawallie Orange Sierra Leone (OSL) on Friday 6 February 2026 held its annual media engagement under the theme: “Connecting with the Media, Sharing Our Story.” The engagement, which…
SLPP May Face A Very Long Winter
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) History is Karma-ish in its Karma-ness (another One Dropian coinage), as the anti-corruption czar, Francis Ben Kaifala, has been paid in his own Leone by…
Silk Dreams, Broken Vows
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh There is a quiet sentence that has begun to echo across many modern homes, whispered in bedrooms, typed into phones, and repeated in conversations with friends.…
Sierra Leone Democracy Betrayed
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leone’s constitutional history reflects its ongoing struggle to balance power, legitimacy, and citizen participation. From the 1978 Constitution under Siaka Stevens, which consolidated authority and…
SLPP Is Still On Borrowed Time
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) It is Barack Obama, the former President of the United States of America, who notes in his book, “The Audacity of Hope”, that an argument…