By Oumar Farouk Sesay At the beginning of every human life lies a story of extraordinary improbability: millions of possibilities narrowing into a single existence. Out of countless potential beginnings,…
By Cornelius Oguntola Melvin Deveaux For a moment, forget Dr Ibrahim Abdullah’s dismissal from Fourah Bay College (FBC) in 2016. That episode was less a setback than a symbol of…
By Moses Massa, Esq Introduction Land is the quintessential of all life and human activity—the omnipresent source of everything we need and use. In the beginning, the Book of Genesis,…
By Oumar Farouk Sesay President Julius Maada Bio may soon face one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency: whether to sign a constitutional amendment into law, a step…
By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay Pontius Pilate is remembered not because he lacked authority, nor because he was oblivious of the gravity of the decision before him. His story has endured…
By Moses MASSA, Esq. The Hypothetical Imagine a massive political crisis or a total boycott where only ten Members of Parliament show up to the well of Parliament in Freetown.…
By Oumar Farouk Sesay A dangerous principle increasingly governs Sierra Leone’s politics: yesterday’s wrongs can justify today’s abuses. That principle is captured in the Krio expression “You du me, ah…
By Oumar Farouk Sesay In Part One of this series, disavowed-agentic corruption was introduced: the transfer of moral and legal responsibility to real, anticipated, or fictitious authority—often concealed behind the…
By Oumar Farouk Sesay Corruption in Sierra Leone is often discussed in terms of theft, bribery, patronage, weak enforcement, rent-seeking, and abuse of public office. These explanations remain necessary. They…
By Oumar Farouk Sesay A constitution is more than a collection of rules. It is a covenant between the state and its citizens—a restraint on power, a guarantee of political…
