Category: Opinion

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh In every political environment, there are invisible boundaries known as powerlines that only the wise avoid stepping on. In Sierra Leone politics, crossing such a line…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh A deadly reality grips Sierra Leone. Kush, the synthetic drug poisoning our nation’s youth, has turned into a national tragedy. Families are broken, communities shattered, and…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh The day will come when the cameras will stop flashing, the red carpets will no longer be rolled out, and the crowds that once sang his…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leone is in crisis. Our nation, once a beacon of hope in post-conflict Africa, is now a haven for international drug cartels. The arrest of…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh There is something deeply mysterious about a single day, the way it comes with so much promise, so much light, so much possibility, and yet, slips…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Watching All People’s Congress (APC) supporters of Dr Samura Kamara dancing and celebrating the idea that he will be handed power by ECOWAS while President Julius…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh The truth is the government is strangling the people, the judiciary has ditched the people, and the people have deserted themselves. Sierra Leone’s political system, built…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh For decades, Sierra Leoneans lived under the suffocating grip of the Public Order Act of 1965, one of the most repressive colonial relics our nation inherited.…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh The introduction of the Proportional Representation (PR) system in Sierra Leone has been one of the most controversial moves by the current government, spearheaded by President…

By Alpha Amadu Jalloh In Sierra Leone, merit is dead. Education is a scam. Dreams are buried beneath the feet of political patronage and tribal loyalty. It is no longer…