Leadership Cannot Be Self-Serving
By Titus Boye-Thompson, London “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” The basic principle of leadership in any institution is an ideal to reflect on the question of “who…
Should The Jury System Be Retained Or Removed In Sierra Leone?
By Morison Siaffa Gbaya, Esq On the 5th July 2024, the news that the Sierra Leone Parliament has removed the jury system under the new Criminal Procedure Act, 2024 was…
Tribute: George Biguzzi (1936 – 2024): Humility Beyond Reproach
By Sule Musa (WhatsApp: +23276613799) Whether night or day, I can no longer remember. Thereabout March or April. It was the year 2000. And at Lamina Sankoh Street in the…
Critical Analysis Of The Afrobarometer Report
By Mohamed A. Warisay The Afrobarometer report’s findings on Sierra Leone are particularly concerning, given the country’s recent history of political instability and electoral disputes. The report’s revelation that a…
Finance Act 2024 Is Friendly …says Gov’t
The 2024 Finance Act is not just a document crafted to raise revenue for government but intended to protect the health of Sierra Leoneans and seeks to also save the…
Book Review: ‘Electoral Politics, Laws and Ethnicity in Africa’
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) Recent happenings in Africa, in which countries explode into ethnic tensions and electoral disputes culminating into legal battles in those countries’ apex courts, have not…
Russia Must Stop Using Food As A Weapon
By Josep Borrell Fontelles On 17 July, nearly one year after it was signed in Istanbul, Russia decided to not renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) that allows Ukraine…
Beyond The Noise And Propaganda
Let us break this myth down: Each year, the United Nations General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of ten in total) for a two-year term. The ten non-permanent seats…
PR System: To Be Or Not To Be?
On Monday this week, the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone heard the Originating Notice of Motion on the Proportional Representation (PR) System of voting filed by Lawyers Dr Abdulai O.…
Tossing Around Violence Without Knowing Its Weight
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh There is a dangerous ease with which some people in Sierra Leone speak about violence today. It rolls off the tongue like an ordinary suggestion, like…